Memory

STMicroelectronics has announced full availability of its entire NAND Flash memory family in 70nm process technology. The transition of the 512-Mbit (Small Page) and 1/2/4/8-Gbit (Large Page) devices to ST’s advanced 70nm manufacturing process establishes the family at the leading edge of NAND Flash technology, with lower prices and reduced power consumption.

Toshiba has announced the latest addition to its new series of high-capacity SDHC Memory Cards: the industry’s first 8-gigabyte Class 4 memory card. The new card will be introduced in early January 2007, alongside the 4GB products launched in September, and will give Toshiba a larger commercially available line-up in high performance SD Memory Cards.

STMicroelectronics has announced the addition of a 16-Mbit memory chip with 4-Kbyte sectors to the page-erasable M25PE serial Flash family, which is ideal for PC BIOS applications as well as for optical disk drives, digital voice recorders, networking products and set-top boxes (STBs). The new M25PE16 is accessed through an SPI-compatible serial bus operating at up to 50MHz and is the first Serial Flash device from ST with 4 Kbyte subsectors.

Ramtron International Corporation has announced an AEC-Q100 automotive qualification programme for its FRAM devices. The company is aggressively pursuing plans to qualify its FRAM devices to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council’s Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards, and is developing a number of FRAM configurations specified for the Grade 1 (-40 degrees to 125 degrees C) operating range. This qualification programme...

Dane-Elec continues to add to its range of DRAM memory module products designed to meet the needs of most desktop and laptop personal computer users, as well as high-end servers and gaming products. With a fast reacting module manufacturing and assembly plant in Ireland, Dane-Elec is ideally placed to satisfy the memory requirements of the European PC industry. Orders can be taken as late as 17.00 for next day delivery.

SST has unveiled a new family of SPI serial flash memory devices that boast the industry's smallest form factor and lowest power consumption. The new SST25WFxxx family is ideal for battery-powered, space- and height-constrained portable applications including wireless networks such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, WiFi, camera modules, portable media players, remote controls and portable VoIP products. The SST25WFxxx family continues SST's legacy of innovat...

Ramtron International Corporation has announced that its FM24CL16 – a 16Kbit, 3V serial FRAM memory device – has been qualified to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council’s Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards. Ramtron is pursuing plans to grow a broad line of AEC-Q100-qualified FRAM products to meet the design and sourcing challenges of the automotive market. This qualification program has been developed to suppo...

Ramtron has launched the FM25L512, a 512 kilobit, 3V non-volatile FRAM device with a high-speed serial peripheral interface (SPI). The FM25L512 provides increased data collection and storage capacity in a tiny, 8-pin package, cutting costs and board space in a range of applications from multi-function printers to industrial motor controllers.

STMicroelectronics has 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).

Ramtron has expanded its portfolio of serial memory products with the launch of the FM24C512, a half-megabit non-volatile FRAM product with an industry standard 2-wire serial interface. The FM24C512 is targeted for use in applications that require high capacity data collection such as utility metering and real-time configuration storage