Smartmedia Card Semiconductor

Using Nand Flash memory, SmartMedia provides the most cost- effective solution for the solid state mass storage market. A pro- gram operation is implemented by the single page of 528 bytes in typical 200ms and an erase operation is done by the single block of 16K bytes (K9S6408V0X: 8K bytes) in typical 2ms. Data in a page CAN be read out at 50ns cycle time per byte. The I/O pins serve as ports for address and data inputs/outputs as well as command inputs. The on-chip writing controller auto- mates all program and erase functions including pulse repeti- tion, where required, and internal verification and margining of data. Even the write-intensive systems CAN take advantage of the SmartMeidas extended reliability of 100K program/erase cycles by providing ECC(Error Correcting Code) with real time mapping-out algorithm. (*Endurance varies according to its density. please refer to Features). SmartMedia is an optimum solution for data storage applications such as solid state file storage, digital voice recorder, digital still camera and other por- table applications requiring non-volatility. By Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.