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