AMD Low Power 64Mb Flash Aims at Cellular iAppliances

By Bernard Cole
iApplianceWeb
(08/21/02, 06:23:49 PM EDT)

Sunnyvale, Ca. --- A new 64 Megabit flash memory device from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., targets the needs of handheld portable and cellular markets in both traditional and newer high performance 2G and 3G wireless network applications.

The new device will be available in a multi-chip package (MCP), the Am29BDS640G, and packaged with either 8 Mb or 16 Mb of 1.8 Volt SRAM, for applications where faster more deterministic response from SRAM is needed

It operates at 1.8 volts and features a high-performance burst-mode interface and AMD's simultaneous Read/Write architecture, plus FlexBank architecture. The new Flash memory device supports 54MHz microprocessors used in advanced cell phones and other emerging portable iappliance applications, and allows for random access times of 70 ns and synchronous access times of 13.5 ns.

The Am29BDS640G is also available in a space-saving monolithic 80-ball Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array (FBGA) package and is designed to deliver 1,000,000 program/erase cycles and a minimum 20 years' data retention at 125°C.

It is priced at $10.75 in 10,000 piece quantities.

For more information, go to www.amd.com.