--Free software shortens integration time by over 10X--
SUNNYVALE, CA -- October 19, 1998 --AMD is now offering a new software package intended to help customers take advantage of the advanced architecture of the Am29DLxxx, simultaneous read/write flash memory product family. AMD's Data Management Software (DMS) simplifies user software by providing a library of pre-written subroutines that perform all of the functions necessary to manage data modification. A primary application in cellular phones is EEPROM emulation.
"Compared to competitive software solutions that add a minimum of 500 hours to development time, AMD's software requires only 20-40 hours to be fully integrated," said Walid Maghribi, group vice president of AMD's Memory Group. "AMD's patented simultaneous read/write architecture provides the foundation that simplifies DMS and allows it to be easily integrated into the customers' system software. This software package reduces the customers' total software development effort, thereby reducing cost and improving time to market."
How it Works
With DMS, user written software doesn't have to perform all of the bookkeeping necessary to update data files. Files are accessed by calling one of six easy-to-use subroutines. To write or update a particular piece of data, the user only needs to state which data is to be updated, and where the replacement data can be found. DMS keeps track of the old data location, status, and logical-to-physical translation of the data onto the flash memory device.
Price and Availability
AMD's Data Management Software is available now, free of charge to AMD customers.
