SQI Flash From SST Honored With EDN Innovation of the Year Award
2009年4月16日 - 8:12AM
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SST 26 Series SQI Flash Family Features Low Pin Count and Enhanced
Serial Interface Architecture for Execute-in-Place (XIP)
Applications SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., Nasdaq: SSTI), a leader in
flash memory technology, today announced that its 26 Series Serial
Quad I/O (SQI) family of 4-bit multiplexed I/O serial interface
flash memory devices has won an Innovation of the Year Award from
EDN Magazine. The 26 Series SQI family received the honor in the
Logic and Interface ICs category. This marks the second consecutive
Innovation of the Year Award for SST and the company's fourth
nomination as a finalist. Now in its 19th year, the EDN Innovation
of the Year Awards program recognizes unique, state-of-the-art
electronics products in several categories. "It's become
increasingly clear that system designers working with parallel
flash memories are looking for comparable performance with the low
power, small footprint advantages that serial interface devices
such as the 26 Series SQI can provide," said Rick Nelson, EDN's
editor-in-chief. "It's those reduced size and power consumption
advantages without sacrificing performance that undoubtedly
prompted EDN readers and editors to select the SST device as the
winner in the 'Logic and Interface ICs' category. I congratulate
all of the winners on the great work they did in 2008." "We are
thrilled that for the second straight year an SST product has been
honored with an Innovation of the Year Award from EDN," said Bing
Yeh, president and CEO, SST. "From our founding date in 1989
through today, SST has remained committed to providing
semiconductor products with exceptional quality, reliability and
innovation, and we are proud to have our efforts recognized by EDN
and the industry." 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 an enhanced serial
interface architecture that allows for low-power, high-performance
operation in a low pin count package, occupying less board space
and ultimately lowering total system costs. 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 reduce access time, the 26 Series
devices support 8-, 16-, 32- and 64-Byte burst mode operation with
wrap around, which allows designers to execute code in burst
snippets for RAM-less applications or fill cache line buffers for
those applications where the system architecture uses pipelining to
maximize bus bandwidth. The SQI architecture also allows the
designer to use the memory in continuous burst mode for
applications that require variable code sizes both with and without
a cache line architecture. One of the more innovative ways the 26
Series SQI devices reduce the number of clocks and accelerate data
access is through read memory indexing. This capability allows the
system to jump from one address to another within a 256-Byte page,
within a 64-KByte block or from one block to another using indirect
addressing. Because the system doesn't have to load an entire
address, it can dramatically trim address overhead. Code developers
can take advantage of this function to dramatically reduce the
number of clocks needed for read accesses to improve overall system
performance. To further boost performance, the 26 Series SQI
devices use the same kind of write suspend and resume capabilities
traditionally found only in parallel flash memories. This feature
allows the system to temporarily suspend a program or erase
function if it is taking too long, and execute code needed to
maintain system performance. Once the new code is executed, the
system resumes the write cycle. All products in the 26 Series SQI
family are based on SST's proprietary, high-performance SuperFlash
technology. The 26 Series SQI devices offer superior reliability of
100,000 cycles endurance (typical) and greater than 100 years data
retention. The active read current of the devices is only 15
milliamperes (typical at 80 MHz) and standby current is a mere 10
microamperes (typical). All 26 Series SQI devices 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, 2008 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 Serial Quad I/O and SQI are trademarks of Silicon
Storage Technology, Inc. All other trademarks or registered
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Information Contact: Ricky Gradwohl Silicon Storage Technology,
Inc. 408/720-6512 DATASOURCE: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
CONTACT: Ricky Gradwohl of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.,
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