Oki develops ARM9-based USB 2.0 and ATAPI controller
Oki Electric Industry developed a series of single-chip controllers based on ARM946E core ML696200 that feature USB 2.0 and ATAPI interfaces. Sampling will start in November this year, while volume production is scheduled to January 2005.
ML696200 series includes ML69Q6203 solution with 512 KB Flash ROM and ROMless ML696201. Until now USB 2.0, ATA/ATAPI and NAND Flash (SmartMedia standard 2000) interfaces were a matter of three different chips, but now Oki has it all in one and developers can create smaller mobile solutions with lower energy consumption.
By the end of this financial year that finishes in March 2006 the company plans to be shipping 400K controllers monthly. They will be mainly intended for digital homes, portable storage and PDAs.
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