Intel's First NOR Flash Memory Products Are Unveiled

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Intel makes unveiled the company's 1st NOR flash memory products. The new Intel's products are aimed at the emerging low-cost cell phone segment. The products have a new pin sharing package to minimize pin count and are also configured to work with single-chip baseband and RF solutions from the most influentive chipset suppliers. Major handset vendors are expected to start shipping low-cost cell phones based on Intel flash products this quarter.

Intel unveils its new products in response to increasing market demand for low-cost phones. The cell phone industry's GSM Association estimates that only 20% of the world's population use cell phones, largely because of their costs. Intel's products for the low-cost handset market segment feature lower density NOR flash memory products from 32Mb to 256Mb with optional RAM in a multi-chip package. These products include a common 88-ball QUAD+ package with an address-data multiplexed (A/D Mux) configuration that simplifies the design-in process, enabling faster time-to-market and lower design costs. These memory solutions are expected to evolve to also support the common 107-ball x 16C package with an A/D Mux configuration.

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