Smallest package for high-frequency serial Flash in 8- and 16-Mbit densities
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Geneva,
September 12,2006 -
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the world’s leading supplier of
serial Flash memory*, today announced the introduction of new high-speed 8- and
16-Mbit serial Flash memories in the market’s smallest package for these
densities: the SO8N. ST is the first to offer these compact, cost-effective
devices in these packages, suitable for code storage in a range of
cost-sensitive computer and consumer electronic products, such as printers,
optical disk drives, Wireless LAN (WLAN) modules, and set-top boxes (STBs).
The M25P80
and M25P16 are
8-Mbit (1M x 8) and 16-Mbit (2M x 8) serial Flash Memories, with advanced
write-protection mechanisms, which are accessed by an SPI-compatible bus
operating at up to 50 MHz, to enable program code to be loaded rapidly into the
application’s RAM. Using a four-wire high-speed serial interface rather than a
parallel memory bus delivers dramatic savings in board space and costs, with a
smaller package and fewer pins. In addition, the system’s CPU or ASIC can also
have a lower pin count.
ST’s design, in 0.11 micron technology, has enabled up to 16-Mbit memory
density to be achieved in the die of the tiny 150 mils body-width SO8N package.
Other packages are also available for the new devices, including the 5 x 6mm
MLP8, and, for the M25P16, the 208-mils wide SO8W. All are lead-free and
RoHS-compliant. The new 8- and 16-Mbit chips are important additions at the
center of ST’s broad serial-Flash family, extending over the 512-Kbit to
128-Mbit density range.
These new serial Flash devices operate over a supply voltage range of 2.7V
to 3.6V, and are specified for the -40 to +85 degrees C operating temperature
range. Software features include both Bulk Erase and Sector Erase, flexible
Page Program instructions, write protection, and a JEDEC standard Two-Byte
electronic signature to allow easy device identification, with One-Byte
backward compatibility. Data retention is specified as greater than 20 years,
with more than 100,000 Erase/Program cycles per sector.
Samples of the M25P80 and M25P16 are available now, with volume production
planned for the fourth quarter of 2006. US pricing is $0.95 (M25P80) and $1.20
(M25P16), in volume.
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About STMicroelectronics
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semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics
applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system
expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP)
portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the
forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a
key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's
shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris
and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2005, the Company's net revenues
were $8.88 billion and net earnings were $266 million. Further information on ST
can be found at www.st.com.
Information last updated Jan 2006
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* Web-Feet Research, Inc. Report: CS700MS-25, February 2005:
“2004 Non-Volatile Memory Market Shares by Vendor”
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