Micron XTRMFlash memory

Micron Technology has announced XTRMFlash memory, a NOR flash solution designed to meet the demand for ‘instant-on’ performance and fast system responsiveness in automotive, industrial and consumer applications.

Utilising its low pin-count interface, the memory is said to outperform other industry NOR flash while also reducing pin counts by as much as 75% compared to those found in parallel NOR flash. The memory provides system designers with what is claimed to be the fastest direct code execution NOR flash memory solution available to enable high-performance, small form factor designs.

With random access times as fast as 83 ns and sequential byte reads as fast as 2.5 ns, the memory is said to offer better performance compared to traditional SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) and Quad-SPI NOR flash. Sustained read throughputs of 400 MBps enable an entire 1 Gb XTRMFlash device to be read in 0.3 s. With the memory’s direct execute-in-place (XIP) operation and low pin count interface, board space can be saved and the need for code shadowing can be eliminated.

The product family offers a number of voltage, package and density options in both industrial and automotive temperature grades. Memory densities range from 128 Mb to 2 Gb.