Now, computer makers can take advantage of volume availability from Winbond’s SpiFlash memories. Winbond Electronics Corporation America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Winbond Electronics Corp has introduced the new member in its X family of Serial Flash memories. The W25X16 and W25X32 SpiFlash memories with 16 and 32 megabit densities are in-housed in a space saving, cost effective 8-pin SOIC package.
The W25X16 and W25X32 SpiFlash memories are utilizing Winbond’s 0.13um Winstack technology. The new devices are featured with the popular Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) to support both Single-SPI” and “Dual-SPI” operation for achieving the industry’s highest performance among Serial Flash memories. The W25X16 and W25X32 also include uniform 4K-byte erasable sectors. The smaller 4K-byte sectors allow efficient memory allocation and data storage in many Intel based PC applications.
The W25X16VSSIG (208mil SO8) and W25X32VSSIG (208mil SO8) include 16-pin SOIC, 8-pad WSON, 8-pin DIP and Known Good Die (KGD) on wafer. The W25X16 and W25X32 ideal Serial Flash solutions supports variety of electronic applications, including desktop and notebook PCs, DVD players and recorders, WLAN and DSL equipment, digital TVs, set-top-boxes, printers, and industrial-control systems.
According to Robin Jigour, vice president of Serial Flash marketing at Winbond America, Serial Flash offers considerable advantages in pin-count, space and system cost as compared to parallel Flash. The company will will introduce a new class of high-performance Serial Flash memories later this year.
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Via: Tech On
