M-Systems has just announced a new form-factor version of their highly popular DiskOnChip flash-disk family — a 144-pin DIMM sized device called the “DiskOnChip DIMM2000”. DIMM witted? Certainly not!

According to M-Systems, the new DiskOnChip DIMM2000 is intended for very small applications, such as small internet appliances, hand-held PCs, and embedded
computers — where a very low-profile local storage solution is necessary. Here's what the new device looks like: picture.

The “original” DiskOnChip (called a “EUROM”) was packaged in a 28-pin EPROM-like package which was intended for use as a replacement to a PC's BIOS. The device quickly found a home in embedded PCs (such as Ampro's PC/104 and EBX SBCs) and soon migrated into a 32-pin DIP package that could plug into solid state disk (SSD) expansion sockets of embedded-PC SBCs. More recently, M-Systems introduced the surface mount version of the DiskOnChip in recognition of the need for smaller footprint and the growing lack of available 32-pin SSD sockets within embedded systems. The DIMM package represents a dense, yet readily integrated (and removable) form-factor that should prove popular in new embedded system designs.

M-Systems plans to phase the DIMM2000 into mass production during August 2000, and says engineering samples are immediately available for developers. According to the company, several large volume OEMs have already designed the new DIMM form-factor DiskOnChip device into products that will soon be available to the market.

 
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