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The HN29W6411 from Hitachi is the first flash device to hit the 64-Mbit (8-Mbyte) mark. Hitachi based the device on the AND-type cell architecture, which the company jointly developed with Mitsubishi. With a serial access time of 50 nsec and a random-access time of 5 µsec, the HN29W6411 works well in applications such as ATA PC cards. The HN29W6411 comprises 512-byte blocks (plus 16 bytes of redundancy data) compared to the 64-kbyte block size of NOR devices. Hitachi’s 64-Mbit flash, available in a 48-pin TSOP package, sells for $65 (10,000). Hitachi will use the HN29W6411 to produce the 75-Mbyte HB2860 xxA1ATA PC card. At $875, the HB2860xxA1 probably will be a hit not in consumer markets, but in industrial applications.—by Markus Levy
Hitachi America Ltd, Brisbane, CA. (800) 285-1601, ext 13.
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