SUNNYVALE, Calif.
and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 9,
2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a
global leader in embedded systems solutions, and Integrated Silicon
Solution, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSI), a leader in advanced memory
solutions, today announced plans to develop HyperRAM™ products
based on the Spansion HyperBus™ interface, which dramatically
improves performance while reducing the number of pins. Both
companies will have rights to sell HyperRAM products under a
long-term supply agreement fulfilled by ISSI.
By combining HyperFlash™ and HyperRAM components on a single
bus, chipset providers can reduce controller pincount, accommodate
smaller packages, simplify PCB designs, and potentially replace or
reduce DRAM, resulting in significant cost savings while
dramatically improving performance.
"This announcement builds on the growing momentum of our
Spansion HyperFlash™ memory and will enable the creation of
high-speed and cost-effective system solutions for our partners and
customers," said Robin Jigour,
senior vice president of the Flash Memory Business at Spansion. "We
look forward to working with ISSI to expand the adoption of the
HyperBus interface and new memory products."
Earlier this year, Spansion announced the HyperBus Interface and
first product based on the Interface, Spansion HyperFlash NOR
memory devices, with read throughput of up to 333 megabytes per
second—more than five times the fastest Quad SPI flash currently
available from other suppliers with one-third the number of pins of
parallel NOR flash. The HyperBus Interface is being implemented
broadly by leading system-on-chip (SoC) and microcontroller
manufacturers.
ISSI is one of the leading suppliers to the Automotive and
Industrial Markets with a broad portfolio of specialty DRAM, SRAM,
flash and analog solutions. ISSI is well known for its high quality
and long-term customer support.
"We are pleased to expand our partnership with Spansion.
HyperRAM products will be a great addition to our portfolio,
complementing and broadening our extensive family of SRAM, DRAM and
flash solutions. The HyperBus Interface is revolutionary and will
result in the development of a new class of high-performance memory
products to service our automotive, industrial and medical
customers," said Lyn Zastrow, VP of
ISSI Automotive Business Unit .
Spansion and ISSI plan to release the first HyperRAM products in
the first half of 2015 and will provide additional details at that
time.
About Spansion HyperBus Interface
The efficient 12-pin
Spansion HyperBus Interface consists of an 8-pin address/data bus,
a differential clock (2 signals), one Chip Select and a Read Data
Strobe for the controller, reducing the overall cost of the system.
The Spansion HyperBus Interface enables a wide range of
high-performance applications, such as automotive instrument
clusters, infotainment / navigation systems, advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS), hand-held displays, digital cameras,
projectors, factory automation, medical diagnostic equipment, and
home automation and appliances.
Resources:
- Spansion HyperFlash Memory White Paper
http://learn.spansion.com/hyperbus-whitepaper
- Spansion newsroom: http://news.spansion.com
http://www.spansion.com/News
- Spansion Core & Code technical magazine and blog:
http://core.spansion.com
- Spansion Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/spansion
- Spansion on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/spansion
- Spansion on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/company/spansion
About Spansion
Spansion (NYSE: CODE) is a global
leader in embedded systems solutions. Spansion's flash memory,
microcontrollers, analog and mixed-signal products drive the
development of faster, intelligent, secure and energy efficient
electronics. Spansion is at the heart of electronics systems,
connecting, controlling, storing and powering everything from
automotive electronics and industrial systems to the highly
interactive and immersive consumer devices that are enriching
people's daily lives. For more information, visit
http://www.spansion.com
Spansion®, the Spansion logo, MirrorBit®,
HyperBus, HyperFlash, HyperRAM and combinations thereof, are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Spansion LLC in the United States and other countries. Other
names used are for informational purposes only and may be
trademarks of their respective owners.
About ISSI
ISSI is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets
high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets:
(i) automotive, (ii) communications, (iii) industrial, medical, and
military, and (iv) digital consumer. The Company's primary products
are high speed and low power SRAM and low, and medium and high
density DRAM. The Company also designs and markets NOR flash
products and high performance analog and mixed signal integrated
circuits. ISSI is headquartered in Silicon Valley with worldwide
offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, China, Europe, Hong
Kong, India, and Korea.
Visit our web site at http://www.issi.com/.
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