New-Tech Europe Magazine | January 2019

the 3-bit code, at which point the device will automatically correct it. All of the error correction happens automatically and is transparent to the host processor. This level of error correction is available across the range of Grade 0 EEPROMs. The Grade 1 parts also offer excellent endurance of 1 million cycles and data retention of 100 years, but come with the added benefit of a lower 1.8V supply voltage, which is becoming increasingly important in a number of automotive applications. They also implement error correction in devices up to 64 kbyte, which is applied to every nibble (4-bits) of data stored. More of the features we rely on in our cars are now considered safety- critical, which means they must meet even more demanding requirements. In this class of application, Flash memory is not acceptable, with the availability of Grade 1 and true Grade 0 EEPROM, automotive OEMs have access to the type of non-volatile memory they need to enable next- generation features.

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