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Flash Products Q & A


Many products to choose from large selection

Question:

Isn't the NEC Electronics' flash products' lineup limited?


Answer:

No. In fact, a complement of 58 Flash products is available, ranging from 8 pins to 80 pins and from1 KB to 128 KB. Suitable for many kinds of applications, they comprise a comprehensive menu of power and speed as shown below.

  • Max frequency: 78K0S/Kx1+ (10 MHz), 78K0/Kx2 (20 MHz)
  • Power range: 78K0S/Kx1+ (2.2 V - 5.5 V), 78K0/Kx2 (1.8 V - 5.5 V)

Entire lineup consisting of flash products

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Low Cost

Question:

Are these flash products expensive?


Answer:

Our Flash products' prices are similar to that of mask ROM products.

  • NEC Electronics not only provides more effective products, but reduces production costs, resulting in economical price options.
  • Besides some effective functions, included our products, reduce your system cost.

Total cost reduction through embedded peripheral IC functions

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Easy Programming

Question:

Isn't the programming cumbersome?


Answer:

NEC Electronics strongly supports Flash memory programming services, as do our world-wide partners. And, in addition to a wide range of programming tools, we offer programming services, including assistance from our programmers or from third-party vendors.


  • We offer easy-to-use programmers not only from us but also from our 3rd parties.
  • Our W/W partners strongly support flash memory programming services, and of course NEC Electronics supports flash memory programming services.
  • NEC Electronics highly recommends and supports "In-Line-Programming" in your production phase.

Programming environment supporting "All Flash" products

Programming environment

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Please confirm the support status (regions, products) of the partner programmers to the partner companies.



Low Power Consumption

Question:

Is Flash power consumption large?


Answer:

Flash power consumption is actually very low, usually about one-third of conventional mask ROM products.

  • NEC Electronics has reduced power consumption through a new process technology, easing concerns about power consumption.

Flash consumption compared to mask ROM products

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Comprehensive Development Environment

Question:

An easy-to-use development environment is not available, right?


Answer:

We offer inexpensive, easy-to-use, and convenient tools.


  • NEC Electronics provides inexpensive, easy-to-use and convenient tools for a comprehensive development environment. For example, we offer the on-chip emulator "MINICUBE" as the most cost-effective emulator. Of course, we prepare a full-functional IECUBE emulator for debugging deep systems.


 
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