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News Release from: Gleichmann-Sunrise | Subject: 78K0/Kx2 Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 December 2004
Flash MCUs cost the same as older mask
ROM types
With a total of 48 products, Flash memory capacities from 8 to 128Kbyte and 30- to 80-pin packages, the 78K0/Kx2 Series of MCUs is billed as one of the industry's most comprehensive.
With a total of 48 products, Flash memory capacities from 8 to 128Kbyte and 30- to 80-pin packages, the 78K0/Kx2 Series of MCUs is billed as one of the industry's most comprehensive The 78K0/Kx2 Series is targeted for use in a wide range of home appliances, consumer electronics, industrial equipment, automotive systems, lighting systems and sensors
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 78K0/Kx2 Series employs SuperFlash technology licensed from Silicon Storage Technology (SST), and is manufactured using a 0.15-micron process technology.
The 78K0/Kx2 Series offers operating speeds of up to 20MHz and power supply voltages from 1.8 to 5.5V.
Operating current is reduced to 2.5mA, less than one-third of similar mask ROM MCUs.
Features like these make the series ideal for industrial systems needing high performance and for applications that require lowest power consumption.
Moreover, all these features are available without a cost premium, as products in the 78K0/Kx2 Series have comparable prices to previous mask ROM products from NEC Electronics manufactured in 0.35-micron process technology.
The 78K0/Kx2 Series marks the latest step in the evolution of NEC Electronics' K-Line.
The product line was launched in 2003 with the announcement of the 78K0/Kx1 Series, and it has since been adopted very successfully by the consumer electronics, industrial equipment and other market areas.
In May 2004, the company unveiled the 78K0S/Kx1+ Series of low pin count MCUs with Flash memory in the K-Line.
Gleichmann Electronics also provides a Flash programming service, with a capacity well in excess of 5 million units per annum and very short turnaround times.
This service, together with tools such as on-chip debugger and Flash programmer, will help reduce the time and cost customers currently spend on programming, and will enable much shorter turnaround times compared with similar mask ROM products.
Samples of the 78K0/Kx2 are scheduled to begin shipping in January 2005.
Mass production is scheduled to begin in April 2005, and NEC Electronics expects production volumes of the various configurations of the 78K0/Kx2 Series to reach 3 million units per month by 2006.
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