Spansion shores up automotive flash memory portfolio

Spansion Inc. braced the company’s automotive flash memory portfolio by way of presenting six automotive-grade devices to the company’s flash memory portfolio.

Spansion is adding three new Serial NOR and three new NAND memory densities specifically qualified to meet the extended temperature ranges and stringent quality requirements of the automotive industry.

Spansion is complementing the Spansion FL1-K Serial NOR flash family with automotive devices qualified for extended temperature ranges (from -40 degrees Celsius to 125 degrees Celsius) in 16Mb, 32Mb, and 64Mb densities.

Spansion from its barrio is also introducing automotive-grade Spansion ML-G1 NAND flash memories qualified for -40C to 105 degrees Celsius, in 1Gb, 2Gb and 4Gb densities. All six new Spansion devices have achieved AEC-Q100 qualification and meet Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requirements, industry standards for automotive grade products.

“With our broad portfolio of automotive-grade flash memories and proven quality, technical support and product longevity, Spansion has maintained its leadership in automotive flash devices for more than 20 years,” alleged Robin Jigour, senior VP, Spansion Flash Memory Group. Supplementing that – “Automotive OEMS are increasing their demand for automotive grade components as applications like Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), instrument clusters, infotainment and data logging systems become standard offerings in a wider range of vehicles.”