Spansion Sampling Flash Memory for Mobile Phones
Flash memory developer, Spansion says that it has started sampling its 65nm MirrorBit Eclipse Flash memory solutions for mobile phones to strategic OEM customers. Production in volume is planned at Spansion's new flagship 300mm SP1 fab in Japan in the second half of 2008.
"Compatibility with existing platforms for device manufacturers reduces time to market for new handsets," said Alan Niebel, analyst, Web-Feet Research. "Solutions such as MirrorBit Eclipse MCPs provide greater flexibility for handset OEMs to reduce costs, and enable faster programming and produce innovative feature phones more quickly."
In addition, the eXecute-In-Place (XIP) interface provides direct access to code and data in the non-volatile memory, and allows handset OEMs to save 20 percent or more on their handset memory subsystem bill of materials costs by reducing the system DRAM footprint used for code shadowing, while experiencing greater design flexibility.
"The introduction of the 65nm MirrorBit Eclipse family marks an important technology milestone for Spansion, and is one of the first products out of our 300mm leading-edge fab, SP1 in Japan," said Ahmed Nawaz, executive vice president, Wireless Solutions Division at Spansion.
Additionally, MirrorBit Eclipse solutions integrate a programmable microcontroller, which replaces the conventional state machine typically used in Flash memory and also supports built-in self test (BIST). Specifically designed to reduce costs associated with testing, BIST reduces both the test cycle duration and the complexity of the test set-up, which directly reduces the need for automated test equipment (ATE).
Posted to the site on 7th April 2008
