Arasan Announces The Immediate Availability Of The Industry's First xSPI NOR + eMMC NAND Combo PHY IP

NOR or NAND flash? License AND! Arasan announces xSPI NOR and eMMC NAND combo PHY IP seamlessly integrated into its xSPI + eMMC combo controller IP.

San Jose, CA /PRNewswire/ - Arasan Chip Systems, a leading provider of semiconductor IP for mobile and automotive SoCs, today announced the immediate availability of its xSPI + eMMC combo PHY IP. This IP integrates both xSPI and eMMC 5.1 PHY into a single, unified solution, enabling support for two different storage protocols within the same IP. The xSPI + eMMC combo PHY IP is designed for mission-critical applications in the defense and aerospace industries for SoCs that require the reliability of NOR flash and the mass data storage capacity and cost advantages of NAND flash. This IP can also be used for life-or-death applications such as medical devices where reliability is paramount.

The xSPI + eMMC combined PHY IP was developed to meet the growing demand for high-performance, area-efficient storage solutions in embedded and boot applications. By utilizing a common I/O and analog front-end architecture, the design significantly reduces the pin count and silicon footprint, offering a cost-effective and power-optimized implementation for SoC and MCU platforms.

“This dual-mode PHY allows customers to seamlessly support both next-generation eMMC and xSPI devices with a single, low-pin-count IP, reducing system costs and speeding up time to market. With the introduction of ourxSPI + eMMC combo PHY IP,Arasan continues its commitment to innovation in storage interface IP,” said Ron Mabry, VP of Sales at Arasan.

Arasan offers a comprehensive suite of mobile storage IP for solid-state storage interfaces such as UFS, eMMC, xSPI, NAND Flash, and I2C controller IP. Arasan has sold over 200 licenses for its eMMC IP and is also the leading provider of xSPI IP, thus serving the NOR and NAND Flash markets individually or as a combined solution.

The xSPI and eMMC combined PHY IP is now available for licensing to leading foundries at nodes from 28 nm to 3 nm.

Information about Arasan:
Arasan Chip Systems is a leading provider of IP for mobile storage and connectivity interfaces, having shipped over one billion chips with our IP. Our high-quality, silicon-proven Total IP solutions encompass digital IP, analog mixed-signal PHY IP, verification IP, HDK, and software. With a strong focus on mobile SoCs, we have been at the forefront of mobile evolution since the mid-1990s, supporting a variety of mobile devices, including smartphones, cars, drones, and IoT devices, with our standards-based IP.