STMICROELECTRONICS ANNOUNCES APPLICATION-SPECIFIC FLASH MEMORY FOR FIRMWARE HUB BIOS.STMicroelectronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ) has announced the first device in a new family of application-specific Flash memories targeted at high performance PCs employing Intel's Accelerated Hub Architecture Same as Intel Hub Architecture. . The M50FW040 is a 4 Mbit Flash memory, organized as eight uniform 64 Kbit blocks, that performs the 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 ) function, storing the system and video BIOS code and interfacing with other Hub Architecture devices via the Firmware Hub high speed interface protocol. Intel and ST have worked closely together to ensure that the M50FW040 and subsequent members of the family are fully compatible with the 82801 I/O Controller Hub I/O CONTROLLER Hub (ICH) is the name for the microchip Intel 82801, which works as southbridge on motherboards with Intel chipsets (Intel Hub Architecture). It is used to connect and control peripheral devices. (ICH See Intel Hub Architecture. ) that is part of Intel's 810, 810e, 820 and 840 PC chipsets. Suitable for all PC, workstation, server, internet appliance and other applications based on these chipsets, the M50FW040 is built using ST's advanced proprietary 0.18u Flash technology and is a drop-in replacement for the Intel 82802 Firmware Hub device. The M50FW040 operates from a 3.0-3.6V supply voltage for Program, Erase and Read operations, while an optional 12V rail is available to enable faster programming. The M50FW040 incorporates a Program/Erase controller with an embedded Byte Program/Erase algorithm and a Program/Erase Suspend capability that allows reading from one memory block while another block is being programmed. Other key features of ST's Flash technology include a typical programming time of less than 10s and minimum data retention of 20 years. All M50FW040 functions are available via the Firmware Hub interface, while an optional Address/Address Multiplexed (A/A A/A As Above A/A Answers All (swapping) A/A Air-to-Air A/A Angle of Attack A/A Acquisition Authority A/A Autoanswer A/A Analysis of Accounts A/A Attack Assessment A/A Analyst-to-Analyst A/A Advice of Allotment MUX) protocol allows faster programming on the customer's production line. "The M50FW040 is the first result of an ongoing cooperation with Intel in Hub Architecture chips. Reflecting ST's leading position in Non-Volatile Memory technology, the advanced 0.18u Flash technology has resulted in a die size that is the smallest in the industry," said Giuseppe Crisenza, Non-Volatile Memory Group Vice President at STMicroelectronics. "The M50FW040 is the first of a family of application-specific Flash memories through which ST will leverage its success in both standard and dedicated Flash memories to address the emerging needs of the high performance PC market," Crisenza added. "We are very pleased that STMicroelectronics is working with Intel to supply Firmware Hubs to our 800 Series Hub Architecture chipset customers," said Gidu Shroff n. 1. A banker, or changer of money. , Vice-President for Intel's Technology & Manufacturing Group. "With ST's qualification of this product, our customers will have a choice of suppliers of FWH for the Intel 8xx chipset family." |
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