Numonyx B.V. has introduced a new family of security enhanced, high-density memory products with fast programmability features to makers of set-top boxes, telecommunications equipment providers and other embedded customers. At densities of up to 2 gigabits (Gb), Numonyx Axcell M29EW Flash Memory will extend the range of densities Numonyx offers in support of the popular M29 industry standard, helping the company to aggressively enter these high-density embedded NOR flash memory segments.
The Numonyx Axcell M29EW Flash Memory line of products is the industry’s first 65nm NOR memory product specifically designed for the rigorous code and data reliability needs of the broad embedded market. Numonyx Axcell M29EW is the first of many product lines that Numonyx will deliver on its 65nm technology through the course of 2009, including its primary parallel and serial NOR embedded products. The smaller lithography ensures that Numonyx continues to deliver unique quality, reliability, cost and performance advantages with its flash memory solutions.
The Numonyx Axcell M29EW extends the current Numonyx Industry Standard Flash Memory (M29) product family available in densities from 4Mb to 128Mb, to the higher densities of 256Mb to 2Gb. Since a sizable portion of M29 industry standard customers purchase memory densities higher than 256Mb, this represents a substantial growth opportunity for Numonyx. With Numonyx Axcell M29EW Flash Memory, Numonyx has an even broader product portfolio of wide-ranging densities, proven quality and reliability, and enhanced features that will allow it to aggressively pursue the high-density segment.
Increased Programming Speed and Added Security
In addition to the advantages of socket and software compatibility, the Numonyx Axcell M29EW line of products offer user-selectable, value-added features that significantly enhance the applications that adopt this product line. These include a range of configuration, performance and security levels that offer a broad selection for customers.
Numonyx Axcell M29EW provides a dramatically improved programming speed that enables customers to improve the programming throughput, time-to-market and total cost of ownership. At speeds of nearly 1.5MB per second, the new memory can provide a full-chip programming advantage of as much as 11 times faster than typical competitive products. For example, programming 256Mb of code will take an estimated 23 seconds with the M29EW instead of 4.2 minutes it takes with most competitive solutions – bringing significant savings in production time and costs.
As embedded systems continue to evolve they bring with them a growing need for secure solutions for their memory subsystems. In addition to a standard set of system protection security features that help protect systems from malicious or inadvertent writes, Numonyx Axcell Flash Memory adds a sophisticated security option to provide enhanced intellectual property protection. Numonyx has added password access technologies that helps prevent content alterations thereby enabling system manufacturers to protect their intellectual property stored in the device whether they manufacture their products directly or through contract manufacturing companies.
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