FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS AMERICA UNVEILS MOBILE FCRAM DEVICES.Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA FMA Full Metal Alchemist (gaming) FMA Federal Marriage Amendment FMA Financial Market Authority (Austrian: Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht) FMA Financial Management Association ) has unveiled a pair of Mobile FCRAM FCRAM Fast Cycle Random Access Memory FCRAM Fast Cycle Ram devices for third-generation mobile phones. Based on the company's Fast Cycle RAM (FCRAM) architecture, the new 32Mbit MB82DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. 02163C and the 64Mbit MB82DBS04163B are the first FCRAM devices to adopt burst mode for both read and write operations. "The new Mobile FCRAMs enable the latest cell phone features, including a built-in digital camera, along with video data streaming and other multimedia services. They are designed to meet the growing memory requirements and high data rates of mobile cellular systems," said Keith Horn, FMA's vice president of marketing. "Our multi-chip packages with FCRAM and burst-mode Fujitsu Flash memory deliver a small form factor that is ideal for mobile applications," he continued. I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output configuration in each version is x16, and supply voltages range from 1.65V to 1.95V, with burst frequency at 66MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. (@RL=5). Initial access times are 70ns and clock access times are 12ns, with page access times at 20ns. Each new FCRAM complies with the Common Specification for Mobile RAM (COSMORAM), which Fujitsu Limited, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics Corporation and Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, recently announced. Each new FCRAM uses burst-mode operation compatible with the burst-read operation of Flash memory, in which consecutive read operations are synchronized to the system clock. Both devices also employ burst-write technology that combines with the burst-read operation to deliver enhanced performance compared with page-mode versions. The new FCRAMs can be operated in page mode after the initial power-on. Both devices are user-configurable to burst mode, so they retain the functionality inherent in t he existing design infrastructure. Power consumption is also improved in the new Mobile FCRAMs, with a user-configurable partial power-down mode designed to extend battery life. VDD See Vcc. active current is 30mA, with power-down current at only 10 microAmps. Standby current is 80 microAmps in the MB82DBS02163C and 120 microAmps in the MB82DBS04163B. Pricing and Availability The Mobile FCRAMs are available now in monolithic and multi-chip packages together with Fujitsu Flash memory, or in wafer form for embedded applications. Pricing will begin at $7 each in 100,000 volumes for the 32Mbit MB82DBS02163C version, and $12 each for the 64Mbit MB82DBS04163B version in the same quantities. Future versions will expand burst frequency up to 100MHz, with densities up to 128Mbits, reflecting Fujitsu's commitment to providing high-value-added Application Specific Memories to meet customer and market requirements. Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) provides semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Fujitsu Microelectronics America can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/. For more information, call 408/737-5647. |
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