AMD Announces Sampling of Newest Family of MirrorBit Flash Memory Devices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 - AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. MirrorBit(tm) Technology Delivers Industry's Highest Density Flash Memory Device to Enable Advanced Features - AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) today announced that it has commenced sampling the industry's highest density NOR Flash memory device. Based on AMD MirrorBit(tm) technology, the new 256 Megabit (Mb) AMD Flash memory device is designed to enable advanced features and functionality in a variety of products such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). This device is part of a broad portfolio of AMD MirrorBit Flash memory products introduced today for sampling, with densities of 16, 32, 128 and 256Mb. The 64Mb device is currently in production. AMD's new family of MirrorBit Flash memory devices delivers highly reliable, cost effective solutions for code and data storage that the market demands. For consumers, high density Flash memory allows color screens, multiple languages, short messaging See SMS. , pictures, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and other advanced features, on cellular phones, PDAs and auto entertainment or navigation systems. For industrial users it allows the design of smarter routers and more efficient switches in networking applications. The AMD Flash memory products introduced today offer a wide range of choices for performance, packaging, densities, data-bus width, and sector architecture. The planned extensive combination of nearly 500 distinct ordering part numbers will allow customers to select a Flash memory device tailored for their specific design needs. "Demand for advanced features in a variety of consumer electronic products is really driving the need for innovative technology," said Bertrand Cambou, group vice president, AMD Memory Group, "and AMD's MirrorBit technology is the right answer for the marketplace. Our Flash memory devices based on AMD MirrorBit technology provide customers a very compelling storage solution." Flash memory devices based on AMD MirrorBit technology maintain complete pin-compatibility with existing AMD Flash families. As a result, customers can easily adopt AMD MirrorBit technology and migrate to higher densities. The 64Mb device is currently in production and samples of the 256Mb, 128Mb, 32Mb, and 16Mb devices are available now, with volume production scheduled for the first quarter of 2003. About AMD MirrorBit(tm) Technology AMD MirrorBit technology is a breakthrough that allows a Flash memory device to hold twice as much data as standard Flash without compromising device endurance, performance or reliability. AMD MirrorBit technology uses a true multi-bit Flash memory cell that delivers the same high levels of performance and reliability as standard NOR Flash. NOR Flash is commonly used to store and execute operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. software for many of the world's electronic devices. In an AMD MirrorBit cell, code or data is stored in two discrete and independent locations. By physically separating each bit and maintaining its individual integrity, Flash memory devices based on AMD MirrorBit technology are inherently more stable and reliable than competing multi-level cell MLC NAND flash is a flash memory technology using multiple levels per cell to allow more bits to be stored as opposed to SLC NAND flash technologies, which use a single level per cell. (MLC (MultiLevel Cell) A flash memory technology that stores more than one bit per cell. Traditional flash memory defines a 0 or 1 bit based on a single voltage threshold. ) devices. MLC devices store fractional levels of charge in one location making them less reliable, and slower to program, read or erase. Features and Packaging Flash memory devices based on AMD MirrorBit technology are designed to offer a number of advanced features and specifications: -- High-density, 16 Mb, 32 Mb, 64 Mb, 128 Mb, and the industry-leading 256 Mb Flash memory -- Single 3.0 Volt power supply -- Asynchronous access times as fast as 70 nanoseconds for the 16Mb and 90ns for the other densities -- Page mode access times as fast as 25 nanoseconds -- 16 word performance-enhancing write buffer -- Small 64kB sectors with erase times as fast as 400 microseconds -- Minimum of 20 years' data retention at 125 degrees Celsius -- Minimum of 100,000 write/erase cycles per sector -- Available in -- 64-Ball Fortified Ball Grid Array Package -- 63-Ball Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array Package -- 48-Pin Thin Small Outline Package -- 56-Pin Thin Small Outline Package Pricing Flash memory products based on AMD MirrorBit technology are priced as follows: $25.75 / 256Mb device $13.50 / 128Mb device $7.35 / 64Mb device $3.95 / 32Mb device $2.35 / 16Mb device All prices are for 10,000 piece quantities. Samples of all densities are available now and production is scheduled for Q1 2003. AMD Flash Memory Awards AMD's Flash memory products have received numerous customer service, quality and technology awards, including top supplier awards from Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Samsung, the Bosch Group, and Volkswagen. About AMD Flash Memory Devices AMD's technology is employed by the world's largest producer of Flash memory devices, Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL FASL Feet Above Sea Level FASL Fujitsu Amd Semiconductor Limited FASL Fellow, Academic Society of London ). AMD Flash memory products encompass a broad spectrum of densities and features to support a wide range of markets. AMD Flash memory customers represent leaders in the automotive, networking, telecommunications, and handheld mobile terminal markets. AMD offers many Flash memory products, such as the award-winning Simultaneous Read-Write (SRW SRW Super Robot Wars (video games) SRW Single Rear Wheel (truck) SRW Segmental Retaining Wall SRW Soldier Radio Waveform SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing SRW Search and Retrieve via the Web ) product family; Super Low Voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains 1.8V Flash memory devices; and Burst- and Page-Mode devices. AMD developed the robust Known Good Die (KGD KGD Known Good Die (semiconductor industry) KGD Kaliningrad, Russia - Kaliningrad Airport (Airport Code) KGD King's Gambit Declined (chess) KGD Komitee Für Grundrechte Und Demokratie ) program and the patented negative gate erase technology, and developed highly reliable Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. packaging. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:AMD). AMD on the Web For more information about today's announcement, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/spotlight. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof, and MirrorBit are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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