Memory enables multimedia-rich functions in mobile devices.
Press Release Summary:
All-in-OneMemory SST88VP1107 comes configured with 512 KB instant-on boot NOR, 128 MB execute-in-place code storage (NOR), 120 MB data storage (NAND), and 12 MB system RAM in unified architecture for mobile and embedded applications. Supplied in 10 x 13 x 1.4 mm LBGA package, single-bus and single-package solution offers completely managed memory subsystem. Along with memory-mapped ATA area and inherent demand paging scheme of cache, features include FFS, MMU, and hardware ECC engine.
Original Press Release:
SST Introduces First Product in All-in-OneMemory Family Enabling Multimedia Rich Functions in Mobile and Consumer Electronics
Availability of Complete Memory Subsystem Simplifies System Design and Accelerates Time-to-Market for Embedded Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 11 -- Addressing the cost and time-to-market needs of system designers developing mobile and consumer electronics, SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., Nasdaq: SSTI), a leader in flash memory technology, today announced that it is sampling the first in its All-in-OneMemory product family, the SST88VP1107. By blending the key benefits of NOR, NAND and RAM in a unified architecture, the first All-in-OneMemory product comes configured with 512 KByte instant-on boot NOR, 128 MByte execute-in-place (XIP) code storage, 120 MByte data storage and 12 MByte system RAM for mobile and embedded applications. The SST88VP1107 is the only single-bus, single-package solution that offers a completely managed memory subsystem in a 10mm x 13mm x 1.4mm LBGA package. With code storage (NOR), data storage (NAND) and system RAM (PSRAM) functions all on a single PSRAM bus, the SST88VP1107 is well suited for applications that need high-density memory with enhanced performance, superior quality and high reliability.
By leveraging SST's Pseudo NOR (PNOR) technology, All-in-OneMemory optimizes the use of NAND flash for both code and data storage, eliminating the need for costly high-density NOR. The PNOR area provides 128 MByte XIP code storage and emulates high-density NOR by using NAND as nonvolatile storage and PSRAM as cache. In the SST88VP1107, 4 MBytes of PSRAM is configured as cache for the PNOR area. Caching NAND flash content helps extend endurance and improve reliability of NAND flash by minimizing direct read/write access to the NAND flash. The inherent demand paging scheme of the cache also eliminates the need for shadowing XIP code, thus reducing the size of required built-in system RAM.
"To support the growing demand for multimedia-rich functions in next- generation mobile consumer electronics, SST has introduced its first All-in-OneMemory product -- offering designers an easy-to-use, single-package memory subsystem with the full benefits of NOR, NAND and RAM for code and data storage," said Frank Lin, vice president of Application Specific Controller Products at SST. "The first product in the All-in-OneMemory product family, the SST88VP1107, is targeted for both feature- and content-rich mobile and consumer applications."
The SST88VP1107 is the first product incorporating SST All-in-OneMemory technology. The product offers a memory-mapped ATA (mATA) area providing 120 MBytes of data storage on the PSRAM bus, eliminating the need for an ATA physical interface. In addition, the SST88VP1107 offers a built-in Flash File System (FFS), Memory Management Unit (MMU) and hardware Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) engine. The hardware ECC engine corrects up to 8 random-bit errors and is tailored for advanced multi-level cell (MLC) and single-level cell (SLC) NAND technology. Together, the FFS, MMU and the ECC engine make the NAND flash memory management transparent to the host system, thus eliminating the need for additional hardware and software on the host, and reducing the effort and time required for software development.
All-in-OneMemory technology-based products offer several key benefits not found in alternative memory solutions. By intelligently managing all memory components with a resident 32-bit microcontroller, All-in-OneMemory offers a large and expandable XIP area, instant secure boot, memory demand paging, NAND flash management, and industry standard ATA data storage protocol on a single PSRAM bus in a small footprint package; thereby reducing system complexity and lowering overall cost. Added benefits of All-in-OneMemory are fast boot time, optimized memory resource sharing and advanced NAND flash technology support. These benefits are made possible by the dedicated SuperFlash boot NOR, expandable PNOR, built-in system RAM, programmable memory block boundaries and robust hardware ECC circuitry.
Following today's introduction of the SST88VP1107, SST plans to expand the All-in-OneMemory product family with other products sharing the same footprint and pin assignment for easy scalability. Although the SST88VP1107 comes with factory default configurations suitable for most applications, it can also be easily re-configured to meet special application requirements. For application specific configurations, please contact SST.
Pricing and Availability
Samples of the SST88VP1107 are available now. Pricing for the SST88VP1107 starts at $17.00 in 10K unit quantities. For more information about the All-in-OneMemory family, please contact an SST sales representative, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.sst.com/.
About Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of memory and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets. Leveraging its proprietary, patented SuperFlash technology, SST is a leading provider of nonvolatile memory solutions with product families that include various densities of high functionality flash memory components and flash mass storage products. The Company also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its broad network of world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees, including TSMC, which offers it under its trademark Emb-FLASH. SST's non-memory products include NAND controller-based products, smart card ICs, flash microcontroller and radio frequency ICs and modules. Further information on SST can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.sst.com/.
For More Information Contact:
Sasha Afanasieff
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
408/522-7310
aafanasieff@sst.com
Ricky Gradwohl
Porter Novelli
415/975-2200 x243
ricky.gradwohl@porternovelli.com
