GENERAL DESCRIPTION
AMD’s 5.0 Volt-only Flash Memory PC Card provides the highest system level performance for data and file storage solutions to the portable PC market segment and a wide range of embedded applications. Manufactured with AMD’s Negative Gate Erase, 5.0 Volt-only technology, the AMD 5.0 Volt-only Flash Memory Cards are the most cost-effective and reliable approach to single-supply Flash memory cards. Data files and application programs can be stored on the D-Series cards. This allows OEM manufacturers of portable systems to eliminate the weight, high-power consumption and reliability issues associated with electro-mechanical disk-based systems.
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
■ High performance
— 150 ns maximum access time
■ Single supply operation
— Write and erase voltage, 5.0 V ±5%
— Read voltage, 5.0 V ±5%
■ CMOS low power consumption
— 45 mA maximum active read current (x8 mode)
— 65 mA maximum active write/erase current (x8 mode)
■ High write endurance
— Minimum 100,000 program/erase cycles per sector
— 1,000,000 typical program/erase cycles per card
■ PCMCIA/JEIDA 68-pin standard
— Selectable byte-/or word-wide configuration
■ Write protect switch
— Prevents accidental data loss
■ Zero data retention power
— Batteries not required for data storage
■ Enhanced power management for standby mode
— 1 µA typical standby current
— Standard access time from standby mode
■ Separate attribute memory
■ Automated write and erase operations increase system write performance
— 64K byte memory sectors for faster automated erase speed
— Typically 1 s per single memory sector erase
— Random address writes to previously erased bytes (8 µs typical per byte)
■ Total system integration solution
— Support from independent software and hardware vendors
■ Low insertion and removal force
— State-of-the-art connector allows for minimum card insertion and removal effort
■ Erase Suspend/Resume
— Supports reading or programming data to a sector not being erased within the same device
■ Support for RY/BY and RESET signals