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Product category: Design and Development Hardware
News Release from: BPM Microsystems | Subject: Flashstream
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 May 2007

Vector programming system
is fastest for Flash

The Flashstream Flash vector programming system offers programming of NAND and NOR Flash memory at speeds as low as 2.5% over theoretical programming minimum

Available now from BPM Microsystems, the Flashstream Flash vector programming system offers the fastest Flash programming of NAND and NOR Flash memory at speeds as low as 2.5% over theoretical programming minimum. This industry leading speed is due to the creation of a proprietary coprocessor technology developed by BPM called Vector Engine.

This technology uses a proprietary coprocessor design to hardware accelerate Flash memory waveforms during the programming cycle.

Faster speeds are achieved through synchronous operations that eliminate the dead times when the DUT waits on the programmer.

The result is programming near the theoretical limits of the silicon design - the faster the device, the faster the device is programmed.

For example the Samsung 512Mbit OneNAND KFG1216Q2A-DEB5 programs 12x times faster than current Flash programmer technology.

The device was cycled through functions of erase, program, verify of a random full data pattern in 15.4s while staying within manufacturer-specified programming requirements.

Designed for high-density Flash, the Flashstream programs NAND and NOR Flash up to 32Gbit and has upgradeable RAM for future densities.

It comes standard with 4191Mbit memory per site that is upgradeable to handle future densities and communicates with USB 2.0 between the host PC and programmer.

The programmer also includes bad block replacement scheme for NAND and low voltage support.

A four-socket manual system, the Flashstream is BPM's first dedicated hardware design for Flash memories, which results in a radical improvement in speed when compared with competing Flash programmers.

As an additional benefit, multiple Flashstream units can be connected to one computer to run the same programming job in concurrent programming mode.

Single units can be mechanically connected.

Also, an LED display identifies the programmer number that corresponds to software instructions.

Featuring the capability to program with one, two, three or four socket cards, the Flashstream offers the only single socket card purchase for first article qualification.

It is easy to remove and stores with little space.

Additionally, it includes active, pass and fail LED status indicators on each individual socket card, as well as the option of auto-start on continuity check.

'The industry difference with Flashstream is the vector coprocessor, which does accelerate standard programming waveforms at a proprietary speed'.

'We are proud that our engineers developed it in our Houston facility', says Bill White, President and owner of BPM.

'The Flashstream programming platform has been years in the making and we are happy with the results and the benefit to the electronics industry'.

Flash memory is the single largest growth sector in the semiconductor industry for several years.

Last year, 5 billion units of Flash memory were used in the electronics industry with a future forecasted per year growth rate of 18%.

Flashstream will contribute to the production of Flash memory rich devices that require preloading of data during the manufacturing process of electronic products.

It will significantly help the production of embedded designs in electronic products by reducing ramp to volume production fears for products that integrate high-density Flash memory such as wireless devices, navigation electronics and personal music systems.

Now, it enables new applications, especially for very large patterns.

Additionally, these systems can leave the factory with preloaded data or content instead of blank memory.

The Flashstream programmer has the capacity to support NAND and NOR Flash memory devices as well as EPROMs.

New device requests will be taken for Flashstream and distributed to all Flashstream customers under software contract.

The Flashstream's significant speed reduces labour costs as well as the number of machines needed to perform the same function.

The programmer is ready for both today's and tomorrow's most demanding Flash devices and is available for purchase now.

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