New-Tech Magazine Europe | Dec 2015 Digital edition

Fig 3: Performance overview of the Serial NOR Flash Series in regard to active current, deep-power-down consumption and battery lifetime in wearables

Fig 4: Inspecting a batch of memory devices at Macronix in HsinChu, Taiwan

70 percent lower than with traditional last-generation memory solutions: in deep-power-down mode the difference goes up to more than 90 percent. With its wide supply voltage range of 1.7V to 3.6V, the new MX25R series not only consumes less power during

down to voltages below 2.7V. This further extends battery life by up to 50 percent. Heiko Arndt is Senior Field Application Engineer at Macronix Europe N.V.

standard operation but enables designs to operate over the full Vcc range of the battery, thereby eliminating the need for external regulators. MX25R-based applications continue to operate even when the remaining battery capacity goes

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