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Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: Silicon Storage Technology | Subject: UCM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 February 2004
User-configurable Flash aids smart card
design
Emosyn claims to have extended its leadership in embedded Flash technology for the smart card market with its secure, high endurance, high performance UCM user-configurable memory technology.
Emosyn claims to have extended its leadership in embedded Flash technology for the smart card market with its secure, high endurance, high performance UCM user-configurable memory technology Emosyn's UCM technology allows users to protect their software investment with rapid and penalty-free programming changes, making the days of the traditional masked read-only memory (ROM) and electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) model well and truly numbered
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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UCM technology gives smart card software developers the flexibility to specify the memory space assigned for program code and for data storage - something impossible with most smart card products available today.
With UCM technology, memory sections can be configured as needed as read/write, read only or execute only.
By using proprietary technical advances, UCM offers the smart card industry's best Flash performance - programming times are guaranteed to be less than 40us, with page erases typically less than 500us.
Endurance is state-of-the-art for Flash technology - cells are guaranteed to perform a minimum of 100,000 write/erase cycles.
Emosyn's proprietary implementation of SST SuperFlash technology produces a cell density close to that of competitors' masked ROM creating a flexible, cost-effective solution without the penalties of delayed time to market and inherent security concerns with the traditional ROM/EEPROM model.
Emosyn includes Dual-Key Triple-DES to the Theseus Platinum family, with independently confirmed differential and simple power analysis (DPA/SPA) resistance techniques.
With additional proprietary security features, Emosyn's Theseus Platinum family members are being designed to the industry's leading security standards - including Visa Technology Level 3.
Five products in the Theseus Platinum product line are available today in high volume, with millions of units already serving smart card projects worldwide.
Applications include subscriber identification module (SIM) cards for mobile telecommunications, identification schemes and financial projects.
Emosyn's leadership in flash memory technology delivers a cost-effective, flexible solution for today's smart card industry.
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