Product category:
Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: M-Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 January 2006
Development platform embeds Flash drive
M-Systems' DOC H-series embedded Flash drive has been integrated into PortalPlayer's personal media player development platform.
M-Systems' DOC H-series embedded Flash drive (EFD) has been integrated into PortalPlayer's personal media player development platform M-Systems' DOC H-series offers device manufacturers an easy-to-integrate means of using the latest cost-effective high-density MLC NAND Flash media in short time-to-market schedules
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Providing enhanced reliability and high performance, delivered through patented Flash management technologies such as M-Systems' TrueFFS, DOC H-series is well suited to meet the growing demand for high density storage in personal media players.
PortalPlayer's personal media player development platforms have been used in some of the most innovative hard drive and Flash based music jukeboxes on the market today.
PortalPlayer's comprehensive platform solutions include system-on-chip, firmware, software and third-party integration tools, and now - for the first time - support for M-Systems' high-density DOC H-series EFDs.
"The integration of DOC H-series support within our development platform will provide our customers with the latest Flash technology available", said Todd Moore, Vice President of Marketing, Personal Media Player Division, at PortalPlayer.
"By using new MLC NAND Flash technology, as the underlying media behind the DOC H-series' standardised interface, we offer our customers a fast time-to-market, high performance Flash solution".
"We are proud to be partnering with PortalPlayer, a leader in personal media player technology", said Noam Kedem, Vice President Marketing for M-Systems.
M-Systems' DOC H-series products, now integrated and ready to be used within PortalPlayer's development platform, allow ODMs to tap into the latest Flash technologies, in a short design cycle, while relying on the proven track record of DiskOnChip EFD architecture already successfully deployed in millions of mobile handsets worldwide.
PortalPlayer's development platform with support for M-Systems' DOC H-series EFDs is being demonstrated during the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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