Programmable Devices
Your specific application requirements for programmable devices can be met by OX3’s variety of programming equipment featuring Data I/O Multisyte Gang programmers. Our close working relationship with this leader in programming equipment assures that we keep up to speed with the latest technological innovations of device manufacturers. We specialize in Microcontrollers, (flash) and DSP's, (flash and EPROM). Since 1972, OX3 Corporation has provided peace of mind to customers seeking semiconductor handling services such as services for programmable devices. We will submit first article sample for your approval, program your devices and drop-ship them anywhere in the world. With our many socket modules, we can process hundreds of package types with rapid changeovers. We are continually striving to decrease the amount of time required to program and verify flash memory devices, particularly with increasing device densities. We can quickly adapt to changing production requirements at our customer's manufacturing facilities.
An Overview:
To be truly universal, a programmable device service house needs to support just about every programmable technology, from EPROMs, EEPROMs, CPLDs, FPGAs, to Flash. It is also crucial to have as many socket modules available for package styles that cover devices from µBGAs to QFPs. In order to keep abreast of the latest technologies it is also important to stay in close contact with semiconductor manufacturers around the globe. Whether you are working with prototypes in engineering or with full production releases on your manufacturing floor, having the latest program updates is extremely important and convenient. OX3 addresses all of these concerns in addition to maintaining a close working relationship with the leader in quality programming equipment, Data I/O Corporation.
Devices:
| Device Type |
Estimate |
| EPROM 64Kbit |
$0.11 |
| EPROM 2Mbit |
$0.24 |
| Microcontrollers |
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| Flash based Microcontrollers |
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| PLDs (includes CPLD, FPGA, PAL and GALs) |
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| Nor-Flash 256Kbit densities |
$0.17 |
| Nor-Flash 512Kbit densities |
$0.19 |
| Nor-Flash 1Mbit densities |
$0.22 |
| Nor-Flash 2Mbit densities |
$0.25 |
| Nor-Flash 4Mbit densities |
$0.29 |
| Nor-Flash 8Mbit densities |
$0.35 |
| Nor-Flash 16Mbit densities |
$0.44 |
| Nor-Flash 32Mbit densities |
$0.60 |
| Nor-Flash 64Mbit densities |
$0.92 |
| Nor-Flash 128Mbit densities |
$1.22 |
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What is Flash?
Flash memory chips are found in portable devices such as cell phones and digital cameras. In contrast, DRAMs are used in personal computers. Flash memory chips are made in two styles, NOR and NAND. "Flash technology -- which, unlike DRAM, retains data when electrical current is switched off -- actually was invented by Toshiba Corp. Intel, in a reversal of the pattern from the 1970s, took up the memory advance from the Japanese competitor and popularized it. The two largest flash manufacturers, moreover, usually don't compete directly. Intel specializes in a variety of flash known as NOR, an acronym derived from the algebraic expression "not or." Such chips can run software and read data at high speed, attributes that have made them popular in cellphones. Samsung, by contrast, is known for NAND chips, a name derived from the phrase "not and." These chips read data slowly, but can write data more quickly than NOR chips and cost about a third as much to store the same amount of information. Cartridges containing NAND flash work much like computer disk drives. Their use has skyrocketed lately, largely to store pictures with digital cameras." Footnotes: Wall Street Journal, "Samsung Closes Revenue Gap In Flash-Chips on Rival Intel," September 11, 2003, Don Clark, Staff Reporter.
Flash Memory Applications Are Soaring:
Have you considered that you are using flash memory devices now more than ever? The technology is being rapidly deployed in many consumer electronic products such as mobile phones, MP3 players, wireless handsets, PDA's, DVD players, set top boxes, palmtops, personal video recorders and digital cameras. In fact these markets are growing so rapidly that there is not enough flash to go around. The flash market is estimated by some to grow to $16 billion by 2004. "Flash memory is essentially a reprogrammable memory device that retains its content when the power source is removed. Having no mechanical parts, it provides almost instant data access without suffering long seek times or noisy rotations commonly associated with hard disk drives." Many evolving technologies will cause the flash markets to soar and keep this aggressive new memory device from becoming a flash in the pan. Footnotes: Datatech, Joe Wadsworth, London, UK, March 2002, p. 31.
