July 21, 2021
Winbond’s Successful Interoperability of OctalNAND Flash with Synopsys DesignWare AMBA IP Delivers Complete High-Density NAND Flash Memory Solution
Solution optimizes data transfer rate with low latency for NAND with serial octal interface targeting automotive, mobile and IoT SoCs
Taichung, Taiwan – 2021-07-21 – Winbond Electronics Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, today announced the successful interoperability of Synopsys’ DesignWare Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) IP and Winbond’s OctalNAND Flash Memory. The DesignWare SSI IP, offering high transfer rates and low latency in serial flash memories and OctalNAND Flash deliver a complete NAND flash memory solution for automotive, mobile and IoT SoCs, enabling faster adoption of octal non-volatile memories (NVM) with high-speed read bandwidth in densities up to 4Gbit.
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Xiaomi Blacklisted by the US Government
Recently, the US government announced that it has blacklisted Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. Why has the US government taken this action, what does this mean for Xiaomi, and how will it affect the electronics world?
US Government Blacklists Xiaomi
Recently, the US government under President Donald Trump announced that it has blacklisted the consumer electronics company Xiaomi. Like Huawei, Xiaomi will no longer be allowed access to US technologies, or the stock market, and all those who have stocks, shares, and securities in Xiaomi will need to divest these investments by November 2021.
Xiaomi is not the only company to have been blacklisted by the US government. Huawei has been blacklisted due to its potential ties with the military as well as China’s third-largest oil company and the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China.
Bluetooth Controller Synopsys’ DesignWare® Controller IP for Bluetooth low energy, Thread, and Zigbee delivers secure, concurrent wireless connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as wearables, industrial, smart homes, and smart cities. The controller incorporates advanced data encryption and random number generation for secure wireless connections, and allows multiple simultaneous connections between supported protocols in a single instantiation. It also provides validated interoperability with software stacks through a physical or a virtual Host Controller Interface (HCI). The IP is delivered as RTL and firmware corresponding to an optimized IP partition to minimize system power dissipation and allow for functionality upgrades through software updates. The firmware runs on an external processor that can either be a dedicated processor or host processor. The controller is thoroughly tested and qualified in accordance with the Bluetooth Special Interest Gr