Serial Flash Memory provides code storage.
Press Release Summary:
Offering data transfer clock speed of 50 MHz, 64-bit Model M25P64 features read throughput of 50 Mbps. Device is offered in MLP8 package measuring 6 x 8 mm, as well as S016 package, and uses ECOPACK Pb-free technology for RoHS-compliance. Specified for operating temperature of -40 to +85°C, flash memory draws 1 µA of current in deep power-down mode, offers minimum data retention of 20 years, and guarantees 100,000 Erase/Program cycles per Sector.
Original Press Release:
Unmatched Density and Speed Satisfies Applications Requiring Increased Storage Capacity, Performance and Cost Effectiveness
GENEVA, Dec. 21 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) today announced the availability of a 64-Mbit Serial Flash memory for code storage. This new device is the world's fastest 64-Mbit serial-interface Flash memory and has an enhanced data transfer clock speed of 50MHz and read throughput of 50-Mbit/second. The simple four-line serial SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) interface greatly simplifies system design, reduces pin-count, and offers reduced power consumption via a deep power-down mode that draws only 1-microamp of current.
The M25P64 is the latest and largest density within ST's M25P family and is ideal for code storage in a wide range of applications, such as all-in-one printers, PC motherboards, set-top boxes, CD and DVD players, digital TV, digital cameras, graphic cards, and flat-panel displays.
The M25P64 products come in the industry's smallest standard package for comparable products. The 64-Mbit device is offered in a MLP8 package (dimensions of 6x8mm), as well as in a S016 package, and uses ST's ECOPACK Pb-free technology for RoHS-compliance (the EU's Restriction on Use of Hazardous Substances Directive).
These devices are specified for the -40 to +85 degree C operating temperature range. Built using a high-quality CMOS process, the Serial Flash Memory family offers minimum data retention of 20 years and guarantees 100,000 Erase/Program cycles per Sector, including both Bulk Erase and Sector Erase instructions. The JEDEC standard 16-bit electronic signature allows easy device identification.
Samples are available now and volume production is planned for the first quarter of 2005. Pricing is US$6.2 in volume quantities.
With densities ranging from 512 kbit to 64 Mbit, ST's Serial Flash family delivers reliable solutions to store embedded program code in low-pin-count and small-footprint packages. Further information on ST's Serial Flash range, including VHDL and Verilog models, is available at st.com/serialflash. Programming support for the family is also widely available.
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