BPM Microsystems Announces Significant Reduction in Programming Time for STMicro’s NAND Flash Family
5 December 2007
BPM Microsystems announces that it has dramatically reduced the programming time for the NAND Flash Large Page Family from chipmaker STMicroelectronics.
According to BPM, its newest flash memory programmer, the Flashstream, now programs nine times faster than its nearest competitor, up from six times faster when the product was introduced in April 2007. This improvement applies to the ST Micro Large Page Family from densities ranging from 1Gb to 8Gb in size. Four 1Gb (gigabit) STMicro NAND01 devices are programmed in 19.8 seconds with a full data pattern on the Flashstream programmer.
A new feature in BPM Microsystems’ software has the ability to use factory cache programming modes in conjunction with the Flashstream’s Vector Engine Co-processor to give the additional speed during programming, BPM said. The company’s Vector Engine Co-processor Technology hardware is said to accelerate waveforms with minimal latencies from the programmer.
