‘Superflash’

An Electronicstalk guide

Start with the news release Memory devices provide execute-in-place capability from Silicon Storage Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Silicon Storage Technology (SST) has announced a 1.8V, high-speed quad-bit serial flash memory. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release 8051-based MCU has dual-bus structure from Silicon Storage Technology: "Dual hardware SMbus interfaces let the SST89C58RC act as an intermediary between a host processor and a complex multichip A/V subsystem.".

In April 2008, we covered the news from Silicon Storage Technology - take a look at Speedy serial Flash targets handset integration which says: "Serial interface Flash memory devices offer an ideal code storage medium for applications where small form factor, low power consumption and high datarate are a must.".

Take a look also at the news release from NEC Electronics (Europe), MCUs bring more to automotive applications, as well as Performance boost for Flash memories from Silicon Storage Technology, and Smartcard microcontroller boasts a big Flash from Silicon Storage Technology.

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Small microcontrollers suit mobile applications (September 2007)

The SST89V54RD-33-C-QIF's small size and low power consumption make it suitable for small form factor mobile application

Controllers take charge of solid-state storage (July 2007)

NAND controllers allow system manufacturers to optimise NAND costs, availability and performance requirements in the face of fast-changing NAND technologies.

Memory technologies come together (July 2007)

NOR, NAND and RAM combine in a single-bus single-package solution that offers a completely managed memory subsystem in a 10 x 13 x 1.4mm LBGA package.

Audio solution offers uncompressed sound (April 2007)

SST Communications' MelodyWing SP advanced wireless audio solution provides uncompressed, wire-equivalent sound quality for home theater surround sound and multi-room audio broadcasting.

Microcontroller has SuperFlash code memory (April 2007)

Flash-based 16bit microcontroller for low-power portable applications.

Compact microcontroller has many serial interfaces (March 2007)

A compact 8bit CMOS microcontroller combines 16kByte of SuperFlash memory with a large number of serial interfaces and new analogue IP blocks to detect low voltages and perform power on reset.