Intel Corporation announced today the industry's first volume shipments of 65-nanometer (nm) NOR flash Multi-Level Cell (MLC) products, including the 65nm 1Gigabit (Gb) monolithic part for cell phones.

Targeted for multimedia phones with mega-pixel cameras, video and high-speed data capabilities, the single chip, 1Gb MLC NOR aligns nicely with next-generation phones coming to market.

“The density of our 1Gb product provides nearly double the storage for multimedia files and enables ever-slimmer form factor phones, both key elements for our customers,” said Darin Billerbeck, vice president and general manager, Intel Flash Products Group. Intel also has a 65nm roadmap to support 512Mb, 256Mb and 128Mb densities of the M18 product family in 2007.

The write speed improvement on the 65nm version is twice as fast as Intel’s previous product. Battery life is also extended through low power consumption, 1.8-volt operation and a deep power-down mode.

“The Intel StrataFlash Cellular Memory (M18) architecture provided Sony Ericsson with a simple migration path from 90nm to 65nm products, which resulted in faster time-to-market for our next generation of phones,” said Peter Carlsson, vice president and head of sourcing, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication.

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