Memory
Achieving power savings of over 50%
The 28nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FDSOI) memory compiler has been launched by sureCore, and supports the company's low power, Single Port SRAM IP and Dual Port SRAM IP for 28nm FDSOI process technology. It also offers capacities up to 1MB with word lengths up to 288bits and supports 4, 8 and 16Mux factors.
1 Tbyte SSD drops in to replace mechanical HDDs
The SanDisk X400 SSD which is SanDisk’s upper-tier SATA client SSD, driving mainstream adoption in computing platforms is being shipped by MSC Technologies. It is designed with SanDisk’s nCache 2.0 Technology provides greater reliability and high-grade endurance for longevity.
'The first' 4-ball WLCSP EEPROM with multiple I2C addresses
Extending its M24 serial EEPROM family, STMicroelectronics has announced four devices that are fully compatible with the industry-standard 4-ball Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP) footprint. The additions enable, for the first time, two or more 4-pin EEPROMs to be connected to the same I2C bus with an individual I2C address hard-wired internally. This allows dedicated devices for specific purposes, such as front/rear camera modules, on the s...
Swissbit to exhibit flash memory & storage at embedded world
Swissbit will be exhibiting a number of new products at embedded world that address the needs of industrial, automotive and networking/ communications applications. Items highlighted will include SD and microSD cards, embedded USB modules and SSDs. The event will also signify the first appearance of Swissbit’s durabit range, which delivers an unprecedented combination of performance and endurance in MLC NAND flash based memory and storage p...
Advancing drive current in vertical 3D NAND memory devices
At the IEEE IEDM conference last week, imec showed the integration of high mobility InGaAs as a channel material for 3D vertical NAND memory devices formed in the plug (holes) with the diameter down to 45nm. The new channel material improves transconductance and read current which is crucial to enable further VNAND cost reduction by adding additional layers in 3D vertical architecture.
Memory cards cope with challenging applications
The new S-450 and S-450µ series SD and Micro SD memory cards from Swissbit are aimed at demanding applications requiring high reliability and robustness. They combine SLC flash components with a powerful system architecture and intelligent firmware. The new memory cards are available at distributor Rutronik.
Extending fault tolerance of flash memory
The FileX file management system from Express Logic now supports the Microsoft Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system. With support for exFAT, FileX helps to maximise the reliability and fault tolerance of flash memory in a variety of media devices from flat panel TVs and media centres to compact flash and USB pen drives. For systems that also need wear levelling capabilities, Express Logic complements FileX with LevelX, flash wear le...
Extending battery life and eliminating external memory
The portfolio of Microchip’s Low Power PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) has been extended with the launch of the new PIC24F ‘GB6’ family. These include up to 1MB of Flash memory with Error Correction Code (ECC) and 32kB of RAM, making it the first 16-bit MCU in Microchip’s portfolio to offer such a large memory size.
Industrial CFast cards feature advanced NAND technologies
Swissbit has introduced F-60/F-600 CFast 2.0 compatible cards delivering superior performance of up to 70,000IOPS random read/write or 525MB/s sequential read and 350MB/s sequential write. The F-60 cards are the first in the market to feature the latest Toshiba 15nm MLC-NAND technology, which enables advanced performance and extended lifecycle. The F-600 series featuring 24nm SLC-NAND is also available.
Heterogeneous SiP devices integrate HBM2 DRAM with FPGAs
Altera has revealed the industry’s first heterogeneous SiP devices that integrate stacked HBM2 (High-Bandwidth Memory) from SK Hynix with high-performance Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Stratix 10 DRAM SiP represents a new class of devices that is specifically architected to meet the most demanding memory bandwidth requirements in high-performance systems.