GENERAL DESCRIPTION

AMD’s 5.0 V-only Flash Memory PC Card provides the highest system level performance for data and file storage solutions to the portable PC market segment. Manufactured with AMD’s Negative Gate Erase, 5.0 V-only technology, the AMD 5.0 V-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 “C” series cards. This allows OEM manufacturers of portable systems to eliminate the weight, high power consumption and reliability issues associated with electromechanical 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 erase/write current (x8 mode)

■ High write endurance

— Minimum 100,000 erase/write cycles

■ 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

■ Separate attribute memory

— 512 byte EEPROM

■ Automated write and erase operations increase system write performance

— 64K byte memory sectors for faster automated erase speed

— Typically 1.5 seconds per single memory sector erase

— Random address writes to previously erased bytes (16 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

■ Sector erase suspend/resume

— Suspend the erase operation to allow a read operation in another sector within the same device