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News Release from: Sharp Microelectronics Europe | Subject: LH28F128BF
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 September 2003
Faster access for high-density Flash
Sharp Microelectronics Europe reckons its latest high-speed 128Mbit Flash memory features the fastest access time available to date.
Sharp Microelectronics Europe reckons its latest high-speed 128Mbit Flash memory features the fastest access time available to date The new Flash memory device offers a maximum access time of 60ns, compared with 85ns for conventional devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The high-speed devices are optimised for camera-enabled mobile phones, liquid crystal TVs and set top boxes compatible with terrestrial digital broadcasting.
"As a global leader in Flash memory technology, Sharp continues to look for ways to support next generation applications, including the popular camera phones and LCTVs", said Jorn Fetzer, Product Marketing Manager at Sharp Microelectronics Europe.
"These new high-speed memory devices mark a dramatic step toward satisfying these applications' requirements for larger capacity, high-speed access, increased functionality and versatility".
Colour screen and camera technologies on mobile phones continue to improve, resulting in the need for increased memory capacities for both program and data areas, up to a total level of 256Mbit.
Additionally, high-speed access Flash memory is required so that applications, such as games, and animation can operate without stressing the device.
Meanwhile, liquid crystal TVs and set top boxes also require large capacity memory in the 128Mbit range for storage of software or TV programme lists, and for corrective image processing that is part of full-scale terrestrial digital broadcasting, now emerging in North America, Japan and Europe.
To satisfy these requirements, Sharp has completed the development of a 128Mbit Flash memory that has achieved a maximum access time of 60ns (two wait states), the fastest in the industry, up from the conventional 85ns (three wait ststes).
In particular, the memory enables increased processing speed for images such as those in games and animation, in mobile phone applications.
Likewise, due to high miniaturisation requirements associated with new mobile phone designs, Sharp has used a multichip package (8 x 11mm) through stacking large capacity RAM (SmartcomboRAM) with low power SRAM in the new Flash device.
Sharp began shipping samples in August 2003, and will start quantity production in September 2003.
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