Flash Memory Components Overview High Integration Boot Block High-Performance Fast Flash High Value FlashFile™ Memory First Generation Bulk Erase A Complete Flash Memory Solution Flash Memory Components Linecard Additional Flash Memory Products Flash Memory Cards Additional News Articles Intel’s New Flash Memory Decoder Utility Intel's FLASHBuilder Family Grows Again! More News       Flash Memory Components Overview Innovative Technology for Cost-Effective Solutions Intel's Flash memory family features an extensive product line, giving customers the flexibility to select the best products for their application, from High Integration Boot Block, to High Performance Fast Flash, to High Value FlashFile™ memory components. High Integration Boot Block High Integration Boot Block components provide a single-chip solution for code or code/data with an optimal mix of small 8-Kbyte blocks and larger 64- and 128-Kbyte blocks on a single device. These components come in 2-, 4- 8- and 16- Mbit densities and provide an easy pin out compatible upgrade path in both TSOP and µBGA* packages. High Integration products are available in x8 or x16 buswidth configurations. Read and write voltage options span 2.7V through 5V, all with SmartVoltage Technology fast 12V production programming option. Read access performance is available from 60 nsec at 5V to 120 nsec at 2.7V. A hardware-lockable boot block ensures security for critical code storage. The NEW Smart 3 Advanced Boot Block family provides the lowest cost solution for code and EEPROM data replacement in a single device. New features include, 4-, 8-, 16-Mbit family, eight 8-Kbyte data blocks, 64-Kbyte main blocks, 2.7V to 3.6V read/write/erase, 1.8V I/O, fast 12V production programming, fast write and write suspend functions and µBGA packaging . Along with FDI software, the Smart 3 Advanced Boot Block is an ideal solution for space constrained battery applications that require a low cost, integrated code + data solution. Applications include cellular phones, pagers, PCMCIA cards, and organizers. The Smart 5 Boot Block family comes in 2-, 4-, and 8-Mbit densities, providing the same easy upgrade path as our full featured SmartVoltage products-- at a much lower cost. Smart 5 Boot Block flash products read at 5V and maintain SmartVoltage's 5V or 12V Vpp for simple in-system updates plus fast factory programming. These products offer a hardware-lockable boot block to ensure security for critical code and are configurable for x8 or x16 operation. High-Performance Fast Flash To meet high performance requirements, many embedded systems store code in nonvolatile memory (NVM) such as ROM, EPROM or flash and shadow this code to DRAM for execution. Fast Flash memories, with their optimized system-read interfaces, have the performance, nonvolatility and updating capacity to replace redundant DRAM + NVM for code storage/execution and reduced system cost. The synchronous, effective 0-wait-state, burst-read interface of the 28F016XS makes it ideal for residing on the local bus of burst-mode processors, such as the i960® and the Intel486™ processors. The DRAM system read interface of the 28F016XD is optimized for designs such as embedded PC motherboards and anywhere a DRAM bus architecture is used. All Fast Flash devices feature SmartVoltage technology, providing the fastest-available, 5V-only write performance and even higher performance 12V device writes. SmartVoltage technology also supports 3.3V reads, as well as high performance 5V reads. Because these devices feature the architecture of Intel's FlashFile™ memories, they are ideal for solid-state mass storage applications such as resident flash disks (RFDs). Valuable mass storage features include an integrated flash controller that supports SRAM-speed burst write performance and advanced command-set queuing to off load system resources during flash erase/write cycles. High Value FlashFile™ Memory Intel's symmetrically-blocked FlashFile™ memory family provides the widest range of high density, mass storage flash devices available today. Intel's strong technology track record, excellent quality and volume manufacturing experience establishes the company as the leader in high density flash memory. The FlashFile memory architecture is partitioned into independently erasable 64-Kbyte blocks, making it optimal for partial code updates or file storage applications. These blocks are independently lockable on all family members except the first generation 8-Mbit 28F008SA. This feature enables protection of important firmware such as operating systems and application programs from being inadvertently erased. The command set for the 8-Mbit 28F008SA is supported by all of the family members, which allows design migration throughout the device density range without system software changes. The newest family members, the Smart 3, Smart 5 and SmartVoltage FlashFile components expand the byte-wide FlashFile memory family to provide the lowest cost per bit flash solution for high density applications. FlashFile products are pinout and package compatibile for easy upgrades and feature 4-, 8-, and 16-Mbit densities. These new byte-wide FlashFile memories features SmartVoltage technology which enables fast programming and low power designs. The 28F016SA, 28F016SV and 28F032SA devices also have an integrated flash controller that supports 14.3 Mbyte/sec. burst write performance, and advanced command-set queuing to off-load system resources during flash erase/write cycles. The 28F016SV also features SmartVoltage technology. These 16- and 32-Mbit devices are also configurable as x8 or x16, which is ideal for 16- and 32-bit bus applications. First Generation Bulk Erase The bulk array flash components (1-Mbit, 2-Mbit) were designed for EPROM-type replacement applications. These devices offer 12V write, 5V read, and non-automated program/erase algorithms. A Complete Flash Memory Solution When integrating flash memory into your system designs, look to Intel's full range of Flash Memory Tools to give your development schedule a boost. You'll find everything you need to solve design problems, simplify the development process and improve product capabilities. Intel has worked closely with leading hardware and software vendors to develop the most advanced and inclusive development tools suite available. This includes software for file/data storage and in-system code updates, programmers for storing information to flash memory in system development and manufacturing, plus tools for designing flash memory into your applications long before you have samples. Intel is committed to providing a full range of development tools necessary to make our flash memory the easiest to use in the industry.

Flash Memory Components Feature Comparison
 
Commercial Temperature

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Commercial Temperatures

Product	Package	Samples	Production
28F800B5	TSOP,PSOP	now	now
28F400B5	TSOP,PSOP	now	now
28F200B5	TSOP,PSOP	now	now
28F016S5	TSOP,PSOP	Q2’97	Q3’97
28F016S3	TSOP,PSOP µBGA	Q2’97 Q3’97	Q3’97 Q4’97
28F016SC	TSOP µBGA	Q2’97 Q3’97	Q3’97 Q4’97
28F008S5	TSOP,PSOP	now	now
28F008S3	TSOP,PSOP,µBGA	now	now
28F004S5	TSOP,PSOP	Q2’971	Q3’97
28F004S3	TSOP,PSOP	Q2’971	Q3’97

Extended Temperatures

Product	Package	Samples	Production
28F160B3	TSOP µBGA	Q2’97 Q2’97	Q3’97 Q1’98
28F800B3	TSOP,µBGA	Q3’97	Q3’97
28F400B3	TSOP	Q4’97	Q4’97

¹Use 8Mb samples for your 4 Mb designs.

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