PC and Peripherals

SPI NOR Flash is widely used across the complete family of PC products from laptops, desktops, servers, and chrome books to monitors, printers, Bluetooth enabled keyboards, mice, speakers, and headphones.  Its popularity is mainly due to its moderate cost, high reliability, ease of use and industry standardization.

In Windows based PCs, NOR Flash memory is typically used to store the BIOS firmware that controls the basic functions of the system, such as booting up and configuring hardware. The BIOS firmware is critical to the proper operation of the computer, and SPI NOR Flash memory provides a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution with an extended lifetime.

Computer peripherals which are WiFi or Bluetooth enabled require non-volatile memory to store the firmware needed to configure and control the wireless communications IC, while in monitors and displays NOR Flash is used to store OSD images and logo’s, security keys and user preference or other configuration information.

With over 1.1 billion devices shipped in the past three years you can be confident in the reliability, longevity, and technical support for BYTe Semiconductor devices.