GENERAL DESCRIPTION
AMD’s 5.0 Volt-only Flash Memory PC Card provides the highest system level performance for data and file storage solutions to the portable PC market segment and a wide range of embedded applications. Manufactured with AMD’s Negative Gate Erase, 5.0 Volt-only technology, the AMD 5.0 Volt-only Flash Memory Cards are the most cost-effective and reliable approach to single-supply Flash memory cards. Data files and application programs can be stored on the D-Series cards. This allows OEM manufacturers of portable systems to eliminate the weight, high-power consumption and reliability issues associated with electro-mechanical disk-based systems.

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
■ High performance
   — 150 ns maximum access time
■ Single supply operation
   — Write and erase voltage, 5.0 V ±5%
   — Read voltage, 5.0 V ±5%
■ CMOS low power consumption
   — 45 mA maximum active read current (x8 mode)
   — 65 mA maximum active write/erase current (x8 mode)
■ High write endurance
   — Minimum 100,000 program/erase cycles per sector
   — 1,000,000 typical program/erase cycles per card
■ PCMCIA/JEIDA 68-pin standard
   — Selectable byte-/or word-wide configuration
■ Write protect switch
   — Prevents accidental data loss
■ Zero data retention power
   — Batteries not required for data storage
■ Enhanced power management for standby mode
   — 1 µA typical standby current
   — Standard access time from standby mode
■ Separate attribute memory
■ Automated write and erase operations increase system write performance
   — 64K byte memory sectors for faster automated erase speed
   — Typically 1 s per single memory sector erase
   — Random address writes to previously erased bytes (8 µs typical per byte)
■ Total system integration solution
   — Support from independent software and hardware vendors
■ Low insertion and removal force
   — State-of-the-art connector allows for minimum card insertion and removal effort
■ Erase Suspend/Resume
   — Supports reading or programming data to a sector not being erased within the same device
■ Support for RY/BY and RESET signals