Analysts estimate that the NOR embedded flash market segments, excluding handsets, will reach $2–$3 billion in 2006. As an industry leader in non-volatile memory, Intel continues to underscore its commitment to embedded market segments—which encompass a wide range of consumer electronics devices, industrial applications, PCs and wired communications equipment—with the ongoing introduction of new NOR flash memory products for these market segments. Furthermore, Intel’s relentless commitment to technology investments continues to enable high-performance, high-density NOR flash memory at an ever-improving price-per-bit.

Leading Technologies
Intel offers a wide variety of flash memory hardware solutions designed to meet the diverse needs of embedded system designs. All of Intel’s NOR flash memory product families designed for embedded applications have been in production on 130nm lithography since 2005, consistently ahead of the competition, with products on next-generation process technologies in development. With high performance, proven reliability and leading edge process technology, Intel® NOR Flash Memory is the smart choice for embedded applications.

Long-Term Roadmap Commitment
Intel understands that extended life-cycle applications need long-term supply for flexibility. Intel’s current flash memory roadmap has been extended through 2012, reinforcing our continued commitment to embedded market segments. Customers can confidently design with existing embedded products, or with newer products based on leading process technologies.

To read more, click link below to subscribe to Intel® Software Dispatch and begin receiving Intel® Software Insight, a quarterly e-zine focused on the topics software-industry leaders care about. Once you fill out the brief subscription form, you will be able to download the pdf and continue reading Intel NOR Flash Memory: Smart Choice for Embedded Applications.

To read complete article, click download below.