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SST Serial Flash Brings Low-Power, Small Footprint to Freescale’s Latest ZigBee Solution
Published 9th September 2008
Press Release 07/2008
SST Serial Flash Brings Low-Power, Small Footprint to Freescale’s Latest ZigBee Solution
SST’s SPI Serial Flash Helps Freescale’s Newest MC1322x Platform in Package Based on the IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee Protocols Deliver Wireless Connectivity With up to 20 Year Battery Life to Industrial, Commercial and Medical Applications
Sunnyvale, CA, September 08, 2008 * * * SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., NASDAQ: SSTI), a leader in flash memory technology, today announced that a development collaboration between the company and Freescale Semiconductor has yielded the latest addition to Freescale’s line of Platform in Package (PiP) solutions designed for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols. The Freescale MC1322x platform uses SST’s 1.8V, 1 Mbit SST25WF010 SPI serial flash device, which offers one of the industry’s smallest form factors and lowest power consumption rates. With a maximum active power consumption for both read and write operations that is significantly less than that of competing 3V solutions, the SST25WF010 enables Freescale’s latest PiP to deliver a battery life measured in decades. The Freescale MC1322x is part of a product family that offers one of the highest performing solutions for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols on the market today.
“We designed our PiP products for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols knowing that our customers’ performance and power consumption requirements would be demanding,” said Brett Black, manager of Freescale’s Wireless Connectivity Operation. “SST’s SPI serial flash technology played a key role in our successful delivery of one of the industry’s lowest power, highest performance solution for IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee protocols.”
“ZigBee technology is a rapid growth area in the wireless space and SST’s low-power SPI serial flash technology enables ZigBee-powered devices to operate for years at a time,” said Cary Wong, senior manager, segment marketing, SST. “Coupling our SST25WF010 device with Freescale’s high-performance, low-power MC1322x family gives ZigBee system designers the ideal development platform.”
About the SST25WF SPI Serial Flash Family
Based on SST’s proprietary SuperFlash technology, products in the SST25WFxxx family feature densities up to 4 Mbit, with higher densities scheduled for availability later this year. The SST25WFxxx serial flash devices feature a single supply voltage of 1.65V to 1.95V for read and write operations. Active read currents are 2 mA (typical at 20 MHz), standby currents are only 1 µA and maximum write currents are 10 mA for both program and erase operations. With this performance, the SST25WFxxx family achieves the lowest voltage and lowest standby current consumption in the industry for SPI serial flash. Utilizing SST’s low-power SPI serial flash memory devices in portable electronic systems enables customers to extend battery life in their portable applications, while the densities allow for more content and additional features to be incorporated into mobile systems.
About ZigBee technology
ZigBee is a low-power wireless communications technology and international standard protocol for the next-generation wireless network, reducing data size and allowing for lower-cost network construction with simplified protocol and limited functionality. ZigBee uses the PHY and MAC layers defined by IEEE 802.15.4, which is the short-distance wireless communication standard for 2.4 GHz band. ZigBee comprises the ZigBee platform specifications and ZigBee profiles defined by the ZigBee Alliance.
About Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of memory and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets. Leveraging its proprietary, patented SuperFlash technology, SST is a leading provider of nonvolatile memory solutions with product families that include various densities of high functionality flash memory components and flash mass storage products. The Company also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its broad network of world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees, including TSMC, which offers it under its trademark Emb-FLASH. SST’s non-memory products include NAND controller-based products, smart card ICs and modules, flash microcontrollers and radio frequency ICs and modules. Further information on SST can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.sst.com.
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2007 sales of $5.7 billion (USD). www.freescale.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements regarding memory and non-memory market conditions, SST’s future financial performance, the performance of new products, growth opportunities, SST’s licensing business, SST’s ability to diversify its business, the transition of SST’s products to smaller geometrics, SST’s ability to bring new products to market and shareholder returns, all of which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks may include timely development, acceptance and pricing of new products, the terms, conditions and revenue recognition issues associated with licensees’ royalty payments, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and general economic conditions as they affect SST’s customers, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in SST’s SEC reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, SST disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances
For more information about SST and the company’s comprehensive list of product offerings, please call 1-888/SST-CHIP. Information can also be requested via email to literature@sst.com or through SST’s Web site at http://www.sst.com. SST’s head office is located at 1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, Calif.; telephone: 408/735-9110; fax: 408/735-9036.
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