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News Release from: Silicon Storage Technology | Subject: MPF+ SST39VF6401 and SST39VF6402
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 August 2004
Big Flash chips offer speedy erasure
Silicon Storage Technology has entered production with the first of its 64Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) product family.
Silicon Storage Technology has entered production with the first of its 64Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) product family The 64Mbit MPF+ SST39VF6401 and SST39VF6402 are the latest and largest densities within SST's MPF+ family of products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ideal for mobile phones, set-top boxes, PDAs and networking equipment, SST's 64Mbit MPF+ Flash products offer several key features, including boot-block, security ID, erase suspend and resume, and hardware reset.
The MPF+ product line, which has been shipping in lower densities since 4Q 2003, was developed using the company's 0.18-micron, self-aligned SuperFlash technology and offers densities ranging from 16 to 64Mbit.
Similar to the MPF products, the MPF+ product line delivers high performance, superior reliability, low-power operation and small sector size.
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The product family features chip erase operations 1000 times faster than conventional Flash, eliminating bottlenecks and costs in the manufacturing process by enabling customers to erase their Flash devices in 40ms, instead of the 1min or more typical with most Flash alternatives.
Additionally, the MPF+ devices allow individual sectors to be erased predictably and at least 50 to 100 times faster than conventional Flash, thereby reducing power consumption and providing a more responsive end-user experience.
"With the availability of our 64Mbit MPF+ product line, the highest density flash SST offers today, we are poised to expand our product portfolio and future revenue stream", said Jason Feinsmith, Senior Business Director for the Standard Memory Product Group at SST.
The MPF+ product line boasts several significant features that make it an ideal solution for applications such as set-top boxes and mobile phones.
These features include: erase suspend/erase resume, which allows an erase operation to be suspended so that more time-critical operations can be performed before the erase operation is resumed; boot block write-protection, which allows the boot block area of the Flash to be protected by a write-protect pin; security ID, which offers two 128bit, one-time programmable registers; and hardware reset, which enables system designers to easily reset the entire Flash device.
In addition, the MPF+ products come in the industry's smallest standard package for comparable products.
The 64Mbit devices are offered in a 48-ball TFBGA, 8 x 10mm package, as well as in a 48-pin TSOP.
Additionally, the MPF+ product family is offered in a very small ComboMemory package that combines the MPF+ Flash die with SRAM.
All packages are offered in both lead and lead-free (non-Pb) versions.
The 64-Mbit MPF+ (SST39VF6401 and SST39VF6402) devices are available starting this quarter in speeds as fast as 70ns.
Pricing for the SST39VF6401 and SST39VF6402 (bottom boot block and top boot block devices, respectively) is $7.00 in 10,000-unit quantities.
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