SST NANDrive and SQI Flash Named Finalists for 19th Annual EDN Innovation Awards
2009年2月17日 - 5:05PM
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SST Products Honored by EDN Magazine for the Second Consecutive
Year SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SST
(Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., Nasdaq: SSTI), a leader in flash
memory technology, is pleased to announce that two of its products
have been named finalists for coveted EDN Innovation of the Year
Awards. The SST NANDrive high-performance, fully integrated
embedded flash solid-state drive is a finalist in the Memory
category, and the company's 26 Series Serial Quad I/O (SQI) family
of 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface flash memory devices is a
finalist in the Logic and Interface ICs category. Now in its 19th
year, the EDN Innovation of the Year Awards recognize unique,
state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories. This
is the second consecutive year that SST products have been named
finalists for these awards, with SST All-in-OneMemory winning an
Innovation of the Year Award last year. "We have our broadest set
of categories in the history of our Innovation awards program in
2008," states EDN Editor-in-Chief Rick Nelson. "With specialization
affecting everything from components to test equipment, our staff
diligently worked to group like technologies for meaningful
comparison and delivered an outstanding slate of finalists. The
voters will face tough decisions, but without doubt, compelling
products will emerge as winners." "We are extremely proud that for
the second straight year EDN has chosen SST products as finalists
for Innovation of the Year Awards," said Bing Yeh, president and
CEO, SST. "Our NANDrive embedded flash solid-state drive continues
to gain traction in a host of applications in the computing,
digital consumer and industrial markets. Demand for our 26 Series
SQI devices continues to build as system designers look for ways to
improve performance while maintaining a small form factor and low
power consumption." The winners of the 19th Annual EDN Innovation
Awards will be announced at a dinner and awards ceremony on March
30, 2009 in San Jose, Calif. About SST NANDrive Devices NANDrive
contains an integrated ATA controller and NAND flash die in a
multi-chip package and is designed for data storage in embedded and
portable applications. It has built in microcontroller and file
management firmware that communicates with ATA-standard interfaces,
so the NANDrive does not require additional or proprietary host
software such as Flash File System (FFS) and Memory Technology
Driver (MTD) software. NANDrive products are available in
capacities ranging from 512 MByte to 8 GByte and support industrial
temperature ranges. By leveraging SST's proven NAND controller
technology, innovative multi-chip packaging expertise and a widely
used industry standard ATA/IDE interface, the NANDrive family
manages all NAND flash complexities and allows designers to quickly
integrate mass data storage solutions into their designs without
having to make any firmware changes. Because NANDrive complies with
the standard ATA protocol supported by all standard embedded
operating systems, embedded system designers no longer face the
risk of host software revalidation cycles. In contrast, some other
solid-state mass data storage solutions require changing host-side
vendor-specific software whenever there is a change in the
controller or a change to new NAND flash devices. To further ease
integration and reduce inventory management, SST NANDrive solves
the issues of pairing a NAND controller with new NAND flash
devices. This is especially beneficial as NAND flash devices
continue to migrate to new process geometries every year. As an
integrated multi-chip package solution, NANDrive eliminates the
need for long qualification cycles when there is a change of NAND
flash technology; customers need only qualify the NANDrive as a
mass storage subsystem. For more information on NANDrive please
visit the SST Web site at:
http://www.sst.com/products.xhtml/nand_flash_storage/. About the 26
Series SQI Devices The 26 Series Serial Quad I/O (SQI) family of
4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface flash memory devices
features a low pin count and enhanced serial interface
architecture. With a fast 80 MHz operating frequency and a
specialized instruction set, the SST 26 Series SQI flash devices
target execute-in-place (XIP) applications, allowing programs to be
stored and executed directly from the flash memory without the need
for code shadowing on an SRAM, thus further increasing overall
system performance. The 26 Series SQI devices feature a 4-bit
multiplexed serial interface architecture and up to a 320 Mbit/sec.
sustained burst data rate that provides performance exceeding
typical parallel flash memory and other 4-bit multiplexed I/O
serial interface flash memory products in the market today. To
provide additional system speed and performance, the 26 Series
supports 8-, 16-, 32- and 64-Byte burst mode operation with wrap
around, which reduces the memory's read access time, as well as
memory index jumping, which reduces the number of input clock
cycles. All products in the 26 Series family are available in both
commercial and industrial temperature ranges, and use a
small-outline, 8-pin package to provide a comparable design
footprint. About EDN and EDN.com EDN serves the vital information
needs of design engineers and engineering managers worldwide.
EDN.com delivers a three-dimensional view of the electronics
industry via news coverage, strategic business information, and
in-depth technical content. (http://www.edn.com/) EDN is published
by Reed Business Information (http://www.reedbusiness.com/us), the
largest business-to-business publisher in the U.S. and a member of
the Reed Elsevier Group Plc (NYSE:RUKNYSE:andNYSE:ENL) - a
world-leading publisher and information provider. About Silicon
Storage Technology, Inc. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California,
SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of memory
and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital
consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet
computing markets. Leveraging its proprietary, patented SuperFlash
technology, SST is a leading provider of nonvolatile memory
solutions with product families that include various densities of
high functionality flash memory components and flash mass storage
products. The Company also offers its SuperFlash technology for
embedded applications through its broad network of world-class
manufacturing partners and technology licensees, including TSMC,
which offers it under its trademark Emb-FLASH. SST's non-memory
products include NAND controller-based products, smart card ICs and
modules, flash microcontrollers and radio frequency ICs and
modules. Further information on SST can be found on the company's
Web site at http://www.sst.com/. Forward-Looking Statements Except
for the historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements regarding memory and non-memory
market conditions, SST's future financial performance, the launch,
design cycle and performance of new products, SST's licensing
business, SST's ability to diversify its business, the transition
of SST's products to smaller geometrics, and SST's ability to bring
new products to market, all of which involve risks and
uncertainties. These risks may include timely development,
acceptance and pricing of new products, the terms, conditions and
revenue recognition issues associated with licensees' royalty
payments, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and
general economic conditions as they affect SST's customers, as well
as other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic
reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 2008. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only
as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, SST
disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements
to reflect future events or circumstances. For more information
about SST and the company's comprehensive list of product
offerings, please call 1-888/SST-CHIP. Information can also be
requested via email to or through SST's Web site at
http://www.sst.com/. SST's head office is located at 1171 Sonora
Court, Sunnyvale, Calif.; telephone: 408/735-9110; fax:
408/735-9036. The SST logo and SuperFlash are registered
trademarks, and NANDrive, Serial Quad I/O and SQI are trademarks of
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. All other trademarks or registered
trademarks are the property of their respective holders. For More
Information Contact: Ricky Gradwohl Silicon Storage Technology,
Inc. 408/720-6512 DATASOURCE: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
CONTACT: Ricky Gradwohl of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.,
+1-408-720-6512, Web Site: http://www.sst.com/
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