N25Q - Up to 1 Gb High Performance SPI NOR Flash

Micron has introduced the highest density Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) NOR memory available, launching 1 Gb, 512 Mb and 256 Mb products in both 1.8 V and 3 V power supply voltages.

Employing state-of-the-art 65 nm process technology, the N25Q product family offers the highest-speed quad I/O in the industry and a full set of advanced features and small packages that improve overall system performance and time-to-market in networking, set-top boxes, automotive and a wide range of industrial, computing and consumer applications.

Extending the company's legacy of memory leadership, Micron's new SPI NOR product line balances customers' needs for cost effective solutions at higher densities while ensuring compatibility among future chipsets. These new devices join a complete line of SPI NOR flash memory that provides the advantage of increased performance with reduced pin count compared to parallel memory.

N25Q Key Features

Multiple I/O protocol - single SPI, dual SPI (DSPI) and quad SPI (QSPI)
Double Transfer Rate (DTR) feature enhances read performance
54 MB/s read transfer rate at 108 MHz clock
Footprint compatibility across the entire line, from 32 Mb...1Gb
500 KB/s program speed
4 bytes of address mode supported for high-density range requirements (128 Mb+)
Execute-In-Place (XIP) capability supports code execution directly from the flash, reducing RAM usage and overall cost
Nonvolatile configuration register delivers maximum flexibility in application usage models