Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc , today announced the availability of a 16-gigabit(1) (Gb) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory component). 

The new 16Gb NAND Flash part, designated TH58NVG4D4CTG, achieves 2 gigabytes(2) (GB) of storage in a single thin, small-outline package (TSOP) by stacking two 70nm Toshiba 8Gb MLC NAND chips.  The new part is ideal for solid-state file storage applications including audio players, USB drives, memory cards, streaming audio/video equipment and other applications requiring high-density embedded memory at an attractive cost per bit. "Our 16Gb NAND TSOP is based on the Toshiba 8Gb MLC NAND part which features the industry's highest density in a single die NAND chip, which is achieved by storing 2 bits per cell. 

As a result, Toshiba is able to offer two-gigabyte storage capacity by stacking only 2 die in a TSOP package," said Brian Kumagai, business development manager, NAND Flash, for TAEC. The new 16Gb memory part is based on the Toshiba TC58NVG3D4CTG 8Gb MLC NAND, which maximizes performance by using fast writing circuit techniques to reduce data write times and supporting a fast write speed of 6-megabytes (MB) per second(3). 

The 8Gb NAND chips, co-developed by Toshiba and SanDisk Corp, are now in full production on 70nm production lines in an advanced wafer
fabrication facility at Toshiba Yokkaichi Works run by Flash Partners, Inc., a joint venture of Toshiba and SanDisk.

The new parts are offered in Lead(Pb)-Free(4) surface mount packages with tin-silver (Sn-Ag) or tin-copper (Sn-Cu) Lead(Pb)-Free plating and are intended to be compatible(5) with the requirements of the European Union's
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive(6), which will take effect in July 2006.

Product Specifications

Part Number                    TH58NVG4D4CTG
Configuration                  2028M x 8 bits (16Gb)
Power Supply                   VCC = 2.7V to 3.6V
Page Size                      2112 bytes
Max. Programming Speed         6MB/Second
Package                        48-pin TSOP Type 1

Measures 12 x 20 x 1.2 millimeters

Pricing and Availability
Samples of the 16Gb Toshiba TH58NVG4D4CTG, 16Gb NAND Flash will be available in January 2006, priced at $79.00 each.

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