Memory

STMicroelectronics has announced a new 1-Mbit serial EEPROM – the M24M01 – which is available in the tiny SO8N package with 150-mil (3.8mm) body width. This serial EEPROM is said to be the only device in the market to squeeze this high memory density into such a small package. Also offered in SO8W, the chip, with its I2C two-wire serial interface, is intended for applications such as consumer electronics products and medical equipment which ...

Toshiba Corporation, reinforcing its leadership in the development and fabrication of powerful, high density NAND flash memory, has announced the introduction of 16Gb (2 gigabyte) and 8Gb (1 gigabyte) NAND flash memory, fabricated with cutting-edge 56-nanometer process technology co-developed with SanDisk Corporation.

Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced the latest enhancement to its extensive line-up of SD Memory Cards: a 4-gigabyte (GB) Class 6 SDHC Card; a 4GB Class 4 miniSDHC Card; and a 2GB microSD Memory Card. The new SDHC and miniSDHC cards will be available worldwide from March, and the microSD will be launched worldwide during April.

Ramtron International Corporation, has announced that its FM25C160 – a 16Kbit, 5V, SPI FRAM memory device – has been qualified to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council’s Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards. The FM25C160 is the third FRAM device to be AEC-Q100-qualified as part of its aggressive automotive qualification programme. Ramtron is also currently developing various FRAM configurations specified for the ...

SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.), today rounded out its 1.8V low-density flash product portfolio with the announcement of a 16 Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) device. The SST39WF160x is the first 1.8V product in SST's MPF+ family. The devices, which are manufactured with SST's proprietary, high-performance CMOS SuperFlash technology, complement the MPF+ product family with reduced power consumption, making them ideal for portable appli...

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.