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. 

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.

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.

Integrated Device Technology has announced that SMART Modular Technologies has chosen IDT as a preferred partner for its DDR4 NVDIMM (non-volatile dual in-line memory module) product. The offering includes the 4RCD0124K registered clock driver (RCD) and TSE2004GB2 thermal sensor with SPD, which are part of IDT’s NVDIMM chipset. The chipset is the only complete DDR4 NVDIMM solution available on the market and has been customer qualified and ...

Distributor Rutronik has announced that it now stocks Fujitsu’s ultra small package option for the company's 1Mb SPI FRAM device, offering a solution for power critical miniature applications in sensor and wearable markets. This miniature 8 pin wafer level chip scale package (WL-CSP) is an additional package variant to the existing product MB85RS1MT.

A new ultra small package for Fujitsu’s 1Mbit SPI FRAM device is available at distributor Rutronik as of now. It is the ideal solution for power critical miniature applications in sensor and wearable markets.  This new miniature 8 pin wafer level chip scale package (WL-CSP) is an additional package variant to the existing product MB85RS1MT.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has announced its latest enterprise performance HDD line, the AL14SE series, designed for mission critical servers and high-performance, high-availability storage systems. The AL14SE is Toshiba’s latest 10,500rmp HDD to support 12.0Gb/s SAS and 512n sector length for compatibility with the latest generation host controllers and host bus adapters.

A line-up of 24nm SLC NAND flash memory products for embedded applications that are compatible with the widely used Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) has been unveiled by Toshiba Electronics Europe. Wide ranging applications for the Serial Interface NAND include consumer applications such as flat-screen TVs, printers, wearables and industrial applications including industrial robots.

Cadence has announced the Cadence Memory Model for the LPDDR5 standard. This Verification IP (VIP) product enables engineers to verify that SoC designs are compliant with the JEDEC interface standard, and that they can operate correctly in a system with the actual memory components. Validation of designs using the LPDDR5 memory model reduces the risk of mistakes, rework and delayed production, leading to faster production ramp-up and higher produ...

Macronix has announced what is claimed to be the industry's fastest SPI NOR flash memory, the OctaFlash MX25UM product family. OctaFlash provides designers with the next-gen performance level of x8 I/O serial interface products with an operating frequency of up to 200MHz and transmission speeds of up to 400MB/s. This world class leading performance aids designers to meet the ever increasing demands of In-vehicle entertainment, ADAS & camera a...