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NexFlash Serial Flash Memory Line Ramps Production

NexFlash Technologies Inc, a pioneer in Serial Flash technology, announced that its NexFlash spiFlash Serial Flash Memories line is ramping into volume production and has received industry recognition as one of the top products of 2003.

The company announced the first members of the spiFlash family last year, the NX25P10, NX25P20 and NX25P40 (one-, two- and four-megabit devices, respectively), and is now ramping up production to meet demand for computing, storage, communications and entertainment applications. Higher-density spiFlash memories, up to 64 megabits, are scheduled for introduction in the coming months. Volume production of the spiFlash line enables developers of products for these applications to realize high-volume manufacturing. Ample wafer capacity is provided by NexFlash's wafer fabrication partner and parent company, Winbond Electronics.

The spiFlash family line features the popular Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), a density range eventually reaching 64 megabits, and performance and packaging tailored for emerging serial code-storage applications. The family offers NexFlash's firs a full line of Serial Flash memories with 33MHz speeds across all densities. Space-saving packaging and other features make spiFlash memories ideal for a broad range of serial code-storage applications such as DVDs, hard drives, printers, LCD monitors, wireless LANs, ADSL and cable modems. The spiFlash line can also be used for data, text and voice storage in microcontroller-based systems common in industrial, medical, automotive and consumer products.