Atmel Announces New Family of Firmware Hub Flash Memories.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today that it has started shipping two members of its Firmware Hub (FWH FWH Firmware Hub FWH Flexible Working Hours FWH First Wort Hopping (brewing) FWH Federal Withholding FWH FranchizeWuzHere (YouTube) FWH Fast Weekly Household Audience Report FWH Free Wheeling Hub ) family of Flash memories. The AT49LW040 (4-Megabit) and AT49LW080 (8-Megabit) devices are designed to interface directly with Intel's 8xx series PC chipsets and supply the BIOS information on the PC motherboard. Atmel developed the Firmware Hub Family under license from Intel to ensure exact compatibility. The devices have uniform 64-Kbyte sectors and feature automated byte-program and sector-erase operations. Two configurable interfaces are supported: (1) Firmware Hub mode for in-system operation, and (2) Address/Address Multiplexed (A/A Mux) mode to accelerate memory array programming during manufacturing. The devices are offered in industry standard 40-lead TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) A very thin, plastic, rectangular surface mount chip package with gull-wing pins on its two short sides. TSOPs are about a third as thick as SOJ chips. See gull-wing lead, SOP, SOJ and chip package. and 32-lead PLCC (Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier) A plastic, square, surface mount chip package that contains leads on all four sides. The leads (pins) extend down and back under and into tiny indentations in the housing. See chip package. surface mount packages. "Atmel is excited about entering this new market for Flash memories." stated John Bryant, Vice President, Flash memory marketing. "We have been a primary supplier of conventional EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. and Flash memories for PC BIOS applications for over 15 year, and our customers have recently started asking for FWH products. In addition to the AT49LW040 and AT49LW080 we will be introducing several additional family members throughout the year as Atmel ramps its presence in this market." Pricing for the AT49LW040 is $1.91 in 10KU quantities, and the AT49LW080 is $3.50 in 10KU quantities. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Information More information on AT49LW040 and AT49LW080 may be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/atmel/acrobat/doc1966.pdf Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com. Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. |
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