Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Intel said Tuesday (June 6) that it will enter the market for NOR flash memories based on the serial peripheral interface, a fast-growing sector of the NOR flash market.
High-volume applications using serial flash for code storage include DVD players, modems, printers, graphics cards and the BIOS in personal computers. "SPI presents an opportunity for a simpler interface, and it is easier to design-in. There are package and space savings," said Allen Holmes, director of NOR marketing at Intel's flash products group.
Intel's serial flash products are available in 16-Mbit, 32-Mbit and 64-Mbit densities. The SPI products are offered in industry-standard, 16-pin small-outline IC packages or in an 8-pin SOIC for the low-end 16-Mbit part.
Intel is sampling its SPI parts now and will move to volume production toward the end of the year on a 130-micron process at its fab in Ireland.
Alan Niebel, principal analyst at Web-Feet Research Inc. (Monterey, Calif.), said he expects SPI flash to account for about $500 million in industry revenues this year and to hit $1.5 billion by 2010.
Intel also said it will offer a line of multilevel-cell NOR products with a 3-volt operating supply, targeting set-top boxes, basestations and networking products. Earlier this year, Intel announced embedded NOR products using its StrataFlash 2-bits-per-cell technology. Those products use a 1.8-V power supply.
By: DocMemory
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