02.Cypress SONOS Technology

02.Cypress SONOS Technology
Cypress SONOS Technology

Cypress Semiconductor
White Paper
By Krishnaswamy Ramkumar



Executive Summary Introduction
This white paper discusses the key The demand for embedded Flash memory in system-on-chip (SOC) designs
features of Cypress SONOS has grown steeply in recent years as newer applications evolve in
technology, its performance, and communications and consumer electronics. The memory content of complex
reliability. It also presents a SOC has increased due to increased demand on system performance. Flash
comparison between the SONOS memory is highly desirable in most applications to store critical data and code.
technology and other Flash However, SOC designers require