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News Release from: M-Systems | Subject: 1Gbit Mobile DiskOnChip G3
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 July 2003
DiskOnChip doubles Flash storage density
M-Systems has released the 1Gbit Mobile DiskOnChip G3, its second multilevel cell (MLC) NAND-based product.
M-Systems has released the 1Gbit Mobile DiskOnChip G3, its second multilevel cell (MLC) NAND-based product Storing two bits of information in a single cell, and complimenting the 512Mbit Mobile DiskOnChip G3 announced earlier this year, the new 1Gbit (128Mbyte) model, at only 9 x 12mm, takes the lead as the world's smallest high-capacity NAND-based storage solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Like the 512Mbit model, the 1Gbit Mobile DiskOnChip G3 implements M-Systems' x2 technology, optimising reliability, performance and power consumption.
Mobile handsets and PDAs - especially those with large colour screens, speakers and cameras - are sensitive to power consumption, which is a growing issue within the mobile device industry.
M-Systems' Mobile DiskOnChip delivers power consumption as low as 10mA in active mode and 10uA in deep power down mode.
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By using M-Systems' proprietary x2 technology, it consumes even less power than the NAND media on which it is based, helping increase time between recharges.
In doubling silicon capacity, MLC NAND stores 2bit of data per cell rather than the 1bit per cell capacity found in single-level NAND Flash.
M-Systems' x2 technology, a combination of patented reliability and performance-enhancing algorithms, enables Toshiba's MLC NAND Flash to be used within the Mobile DiskOnChip G3 product family.
Mobile DiskOnChip G3 contains an internal controller and an XIP boot block, offering a complete nonvolatile memory (NVM) solution.
With its multiplane operations, direct memory access (DMA) support and MultiBurst operation, it delivers a burst read speed of up to 80Mbyte/s.
By using 0.13-micron MLC NAND to replace expensive legacy NOR Flash, Mobile DiskOnChip G3 represents the most cost effective solution available today for mobile designers.
"Even while smaller capacities of DiskOnChip are being designed into mobile devices running memory-intensive applications like video on demand (VoD), we already see a growing demand for next generation memory capacities", said Dan Inbar, M-Systems' Associate Vice President for the mobile market.
"This increase in capacity must fit within smaller devices and offer higher performance.
Our new product delivers exactly that, along with the high reliability and competitive pricing that our customers expect".
"With the expected growth of the high-end and multimedia phone segments we anticipate an increasing need for storage", said Richard Gordon, Principal Analyst for Gartner Dataquest's semiconductor research group.
"Applications such as video on demand, multimedia messaging and other advance features are driving manufactures to incorporate larger capacities of high-performance Flash memory within their designs".
The new product will be sampling in October 2003 and go into mass production in December 2003.
As with other DiskOnChip Flash disk products, it will be marketed jointly by M-Systems and Toshiba.
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