Spansion Releases SLC NAND Flash Memory Series

Shanghai, China, May 28, 2012 – Spansion Corporation (NYSE: CODE), an innovative leader in Flash memory solutions for the embedded market, today announced that it has begun sampling its first single-level cell (SLC) series of Spansion® NAND Flash memory products. This latest SLC NAND Flash memory product uses 4x nm floating gate technology and is specifically designed for data storage needs in automotive, consumer and networking applications. Spansion SLC NAND will be divided into two series, 3.0V and 1.8V, with storage capacities ranging from 1 Gb to 8 Gb. The product has better performance, a wider temperature range, long-term technical support and meets strict reliability requirements, such as 1-bit error correction code (ECC). In addition, Spansion also announced a complete roadmap for SLC NAND products until 2017.

Spansion SLC NAND products further improve the company's product portfolio, including a rich series of parallel and serial NOR flash memory products. When product designs require high-performance code execution and data storage to create a rich user experience, designers can choose Spansion's parallel or serial NOR flash memory. The new Spansion SLC NAND flash memory solution not only meets the growing demand for data storage, but also inherits the advantages of high reliability and long service life of Spansion products. Relying on Spansion's rich NOR and NAND flash memory product portfolio, embedded device manufacturers can now obtain various types of non-volatile memory products, all of which are enjoyed by Spansion's industry-leading customer support and services.

Spansion's technology roadmap for the next five years includes 1 Gb to 8 Gb SLC NAND solutions currently using 4x nm floating gate technology, which will be upgraded to 3x nm floating gate technology by the end of 2012 and to 2x nm in 2014.

Expert Comments:

- Dr. Ruiliang Yang, Vice President of Coship Electronics, said: "As a strategic partner of Coship Electronics, Spansion has been performing well in the supply of NOR Flash memory and can fully meet our highest standards of product quality, reliability, performance and technical support. With its professional experience in serving the embedded industry, Spansion will be favored by the SLC NAND Flash memory market."

- Russell Crane, product marketing manager for Sitara™ ARM® processors at Texas Instruments, said: "Spansion's new SLC NAND Flash family fills a gap in the NAND market. Spansion understands the needs of the embedded industry, especially the stringent requirements for long-term technical support and product reliability. We are pleased to deepen our collaboration with Spansion based on the parallel and serial Flash fields and jointly promote Spansion's SLC NAND Flash family."

- "The advent of Spansion's SLC NAND flash memory family has given a strong impetus to the development of the embedded market," said Michael Yang, senior principal analyst for memory and storage at IHS iSuppli. "SLC NAND is gaining momentum in the embedded industry, driven by the automotive and consumer product segments. As home products and cars become smarter, embedded applications are placing higher demands on product lifespan, which provides huge growth potential for SLC NAND."

"Apps on smartphones are expanding into platforms such as set-top boxes, digital TVs and even cars," said Bob France, vice president of product marketing at Spansion. "This means embedded systems are becoming more complex and the storage requirements for applications are expanding. In response to this market trend, Spansion's new SLC NAND Flash memory delivers the perfect balance of performance, rugged reliability, storage range and long-term support that embedded system designers need."

Spansion SLC NAND flash memory series key specifications / performance indicators:

• 3.0 V 1 Gb, 2 Gb and 4 Gb monolithic solutions sampling now
• 1.8 V 1 Gb, 2 Gb and 4 Gb monolithic solutions sampling by end of 2012
• 8 Gb solutions sampling in second half of 2012
• 4x nm floating gate process technology
• Industrial temperature range: -40°C to +85°C
• High reliability: up to 100,000 rewrite cycles with only 1-bit error correction code
• Best-in-class SLC NAND Flash performance: 25 μs random access, 25 ns sequential access, 200 μs write
• Industry standard 48-pin TSOP package using Spansion common pin footprint
• Industry standard NAND signal interface and instruction set
• Complementary Spansion FFS software, including custom software drivers and Flash file system software
• Long-term technical support