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Flash Memory news and hot articles |
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| 2007-7-2 |
Web compiler supports embedded memory IP
Seeking to reduce the cost and cycle times of IC designs, Novelics Inc. will roll a Web-based compiler technology that supports its line of intellectual property cores for embedded memory applications. |
| 2007-6-28 |
Flash memory market to see major shuffle
The market for trapped-charge and phase-change memories is poised to overtake other flash memory sectors and take a 30.7-percent share of the $56.5 billion market in 2012, reports Web-Feet Research. |
| 2007-6-26 |
Flash memory supports SLC, MLC on same chip
Toshiba Corp. and Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. has unveiled a new series of embedded NAND flash memories for mobile phones offering both a configurable single-level cell (SLC) memory area and a multilevel cell (MLC) memory area |
| 2007-6-26 |
ARM debugger adds flash memory breakpoints
Embedded software tool developer Crossware has added software flash memory breakpoints to its ARM Development Suite. |
| 2007-6-7 |
Toshiba taps HD DVD, flash memory in laptop strategy
Toshiba's plan next year is to integrate HD DVD drives in all its laptops and to push further flash notebooks into the consumer mindset. |
| 2007-5-28 |
Memory card bus chips support various flash formats
O2Micro International Ltd introduces its four-in-one MemoryCardBus ICs that offer smart card reader and PC card technology. |
| 2007-5-24 |
Intel, ST forge flash memory joint venture
An expected move by STMicroelectronics and Intel to create a flash memory joint venture has been announced with an assist from private equity firm Francisco Partners LP. |
| 2007-5-21 |
MCUs offer enhanced memory, system features
The latest ST7FLITEU0 MCU series from ST, which are intended for simple and very cost-sensitive applications, is said to feature more memory and valuable system features. |
| 2007-5-16 |
New flash memory tech challenges floating gate
Spansion's MirrorBit Quad technology stores two distinct quantities of charge in a non-conducting nitride storage medium to deliver fundamental cost, reliability and manufacturing advantages over floating-gate technology. |
| 2007-5-9 |
UMC gears up for CPUs, NAND flash memory
United Microelectronics Corp. said it is in talks on a CPU production deal, but it is being circumspect on how it will attack the high-volume flash memory market. |
| 2007-5-9 |
New memory interface touts 10x I/O bandwidth increase
HyperLink NAND, a new memory interface, will reportedly increase I/O bandwidth in flash by more than 10x today's conventional devices. |
| 2007-5-7 |
iSuppli: Most laptops will come with flash memory soon
The percentage of new laptops carrying some form of flash memory for data storage will soar to more than 50 percent in the next two years, says iSuppli. |
| 2007-5-1 |
SBC offers dual-core processor, 4Gbyte memory
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has released the PPC9A single board computers, which includes Freescale's PowerPC dual-core processor operating at 1.3GHz. |
| 2007-4-27 |
Metering IC features embedded flash memory
austriamicrosystems is getting ready to sample the AS8268, a single-phase SoC metering IC with embedded flash memory. |
| 2007-4-13 |
Spansion, Qimonda to supply memory subsystems for mobile
Spansion and Qimonda announced a strategic supply agreement that will combine Qimonda's low-power DRAM with Spansion's MirrorBit NOR and ORNAND devices into MCP memory solutions. |
| 2007-4-12 |
128Mbit SPI flash memory suits high-density apps
Spansion has started sampling the S25FL128P, a 128Mbit SPI flash memory device produced using 90nm MirrorBit technology. |
| 2007-4-2 |
Samsung tips memory chips for content-heavy handsets, CE devices
Samsung's latest memory chip rollouts are aimed at digital CE devices and handsets featuring complex functions and loaded with content-heavy data. |
| 2007-3-29 |
Samsung exec sees a stable memory market
Despite worries about the direction of the global memory market, the head of Samsung's semiconductor business forecast that the flash memory market will recover over the next few months while the entire memory market stabilizes later this year. |
| 2007-3-16 |
Memory core saves space, power
Virage Logic Corp. introduced in January a version of Novea, its non-volatile memory core, which can enable a new class of chips for consumer, RFID and other embedded applications requiring security and digital rights management capabilities. |
| 2007-3-16 |
Reduce memory subsystem power consumption in handsets
Less attention has been given to memory components despite the fact that the power demands of memory¡ªat least 20 percent of total power budget¡ªare equal to the demands of the application processor. Reducing the power used by memory can significantly extend handsets battery life. |
| 2007-3-16 |
Secure portable CEs with OTP memory
Content protection and post-process analog cost cutting are increasingly important in CE devices. Chip developers who want to handle these requirements cost-effectively must rethink the types of memory IP they use and consider using OTP memory. |
| 2007-3-14 |
China start-up eyes growth in memory market
China memory start-up GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. says that it is positive about its development in the local memory market with their strategy based on tapping local advantages and constant technology innovation. |
| 2007-3-8 |
Intel to sample 128Mbit phase change memory in 1H
Intel disclosed that it is preparing to sample a 90nm 128Mbit phase change memory in the first half of 2007. Mass production could begin before the end of 2007. |
| 2007-3-8 |
Memory controller secures NAND-based devices
IntellaSys introduced a memory controller with 128bit hardware-encrypted security for thumb drives and other NAND flash-based electronic devices with a USB 2.0 interface. |
| 2007-3-1 |
Memory maker enters sensor business
ProMOS Technologies Inc.'s move into CMOS image sensors will let the memory maker use its older production capacity and capitalize on growing demand from the mobile phone business. |
| 2007-2-21 |
Memory controllers enable secure, rapid USB data transfers
IntellaSys expanded its OnSpec memory controller line with two devices that are designed to enable secure and rapid USB data transfer from storage devices such as flash and HDD media. |
| 2007-2-20 |
ST rolls out 'smallest' 65nm NOR flash memory
STMicroelectronics is sampling 1Gbit and 512Mbit 65nm NOR flash with what is claims is the smallest die size available on the market. |
| 2007-2-9 |
Flash memory-based security rolls for handsets
To address growing wireless requirements for more robust security, Spansion is sampling what it claims is the first flash memory subsystem that provides security protection from viruses, attacks and service thefts on handsets. |
| 2007-2-5 |
Rewriting flash memory in user program mode using asynchronous serial communication
This article describes how data to be rewritten in the flash memory on the master side is written to the flash memory on the slave side, and how data to be rewritten is transferred using asynchronous serial communication. |
| 2007-2-5 |
0.18¦Ìm flash memory reprogramming in user boot mode
This application note describes the reprogramming of flash memory (the user MAT) via a clock-synchronous communications interface in the user boot mode of the H8SX/1582F, and mainly concerns the slave (receive) side. |
| 2007-2-1 |
Next-gen memory market up for grabs
The frantic search for a next-generation memory technology took center stage at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in December, amid growing concerns that DRAM and flash parts will no longer scale in the near future. |
| 2007-1-31 |
Non-volatile memory suits security, DRM apps
Virage Logic's next-gen embedded non-volatile memory called NOVeA provides a multiprogrammable embedded memory that the company says is key in applications requiring sophisticated security and DRM capabilities. |
| 2007-1-18 |
Qimonda, Ovonyx ink memory device license agreement
Qimonda AG and Ovonyx Inc. signed an agreement to mutually license their patents and intellectual property for non-volatile memory devices in PC-RAM technology. |
| 2007-1-3 |
Back-end memory testing could tighten in '07, says analyst
The back-end memory testing industry may become tighter in the second half of 2007, as memory packaging and testing companies struggle to keep pace with a changing and rapidly growing market. |
| 2006-12-28 |
New NEC MCUs offer more memory, options
NEC Electronics America's MCUs offer up to twice the memory and an increase in pin-count options compared to previous devices in the line. |
| 2006-12-15 |
STMicro reorganizes for flash memory foothold
To prepare the company for strategic repositioning in the flash memory segment, STMicroelectronics will reorganize its product segments into three categories. |
| 2006-12-13 |
Pioneer selects Spansion as main flash memory supplier
Spansion Inc. announced that it has been selected as the main flash memory supplier of Pioneer Corp for a wide range of memory solutions used in a variety of application. |
| 2006-12-13 |
IBM, Macronix, Qimoda claim fast phase-change memory
Macronix and Qimonda claimed that they have developed a phase-change memory prototype that boasts switching speeds at more than 500 times faster than traditional flash-memory technologies. |
| 2006-12-1 |
Intel StrataFlash memory to Intel embedded flash memory conversion guide
This document describes how to convert a system design from the Intel StrataFlash memory device to the Intel embedded flash memory device. |
| 2006-12-1 |
Intel StrataFlash embedded memory to Freescale ColdFire MCF5272 design guide
This application note describes the interface between the following Intel StrataFlash embedded memory device and Freescale Coldfire MPC5272 processor and discusses general concepts involved when interfacing the features and control signals of the P30 flash memory device. |
| 2006-12-1 |
Intel StrataFlash cellular memory to ARM PrimeCell design guide
This application note describes interfacing Intel StrataFlash Cellular Memory to ARM PrimeCell synchronous static memory controller (SSMC) and multi-port memory controller (MPMC) as well as integrated features and control signals for interfacing the M18 flash memory and LPSDRAM to the SSMC and MPMC, respectively. |
| 2006-11-16 |
Startup promises 'one-stop shop' for memory IP
Startup Novelics calls its menu of embedded memory options sufficient to meet the needs of almost all ASIC designers, eliminating the need to work with multiple suppliers of memory intellectual property. |
| 2006-10-16 |
MRAM joins memory market
With comparative advantages over other memory options, magnetoresistive RAM is expected to be the 'universal memory' of the future. |
| 2006-10-13 |
Hynix, ST open joint memory fab in China
STMicroelectronics and Hynix Semiconductor inaugurated their $2 billion joint-venture memory fab in Wuxi, mainland China. |
| 2006-10-12 |
ST-Hynix JV fab ramps memory ICs
STMicroelectronics and Hynix Semiconductor officially opened their joint memory manufacturing fab in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China Tuesday, Oct. 10. |
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