STMicroelectronics has licensed what Samsung Electronics claims is its most advanced flash memory, OneNAND.
OneNAND's architecture features NAND core with SRAM and logic elements to emulate a NOR flash interface. According to Samsung, it delivers a sustained data read speed of 108Mbyte/s, four times faster than conventional NAND flash, and a write speed of 10Mbyte/s.
According to the agreement, STMicroelectronics will support Samsung's OneNAND starting early 2007. Further terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Samsung welcomes STMicroelectronics' decision to support the projected strong continued growth of the world's highest performing flash memory," said Yun-Ho Choi, senior v-p of Samsung Electronics' flash group."As a result of STMicroelectronics' licensing move, handset and other platform designers can more easily specify OneNAND in an expanding range of mobile applications."
Last year, Samsung announcd plans to make OneNAND open source, providing the driver for its fusion memory technology to designers of mobile devices and other consumer electronics through its own web site and through the Linux/open source community.