8-Gbyte iNAND embedded flash drive is JEDEC-compatible
Ismini Scouras
eeProductCenter (02/13/2007 11:40 AM ET)

BARCELONA, Spain—SanDisk Corp. has started shipping engineering samples of its iNAND embedded flash drive that supports JEDEC standards.

The JEDEC-standard version of the iNAND embedded flash drive will be available in capacities of up to 8 gigabytes (GB). This version of iNAND is now supplied with JEDEC JC 64.1 standard packaging and ball-out.

According to SanDisk, JEDEC compatibility allows iNAND to more readily connect to applications using this common standard, helping to reduce high-capacity storage integration efforts for handset vendors and other mobile device manufacturers.

iNAND is compatible with the SD bus and commands. It is designed to support mobile TV, multimedia downloading and other storage-hungry applications on portable systems such as mobile handsets, digital audio/MP3 players, gaming applications, GPS applications, personal media players and PDAs.

For more on iNAND, click here.

With the JEDEC standard hardware interface, the SD-compatible interface and smart flash management software integrated into its controller as firmware, iNAND is suitable for these types of small portable devices.

The JEDEC-standard version of the iNAND embedded flash drive was unveiled at the 3GSM World Congress, where SanDisk is showcasing its storage technologies and solutions for the mobile world in Hall 8, Booth 8C74 and at Hall 7, Booth 7C62 at Spain's Fira de Barcelona exhibition grounds.

Pricing: Information is not yet available.
Availabilty: Samples are available for testing and evaluation; mass production planned for the third quarter of 2007.
iNAND information from website: click here.

SanDisk Corp., 1-408-542-0500, www.sandisk.com