MMC

MMC product introduction

history of MMC

SD cards originally came from MMC
almost all DSC vendors support both MMC and SD easily
advantage of MMC
- MMCA Open Standard
- No License Fee, No Royalty, lowest cost
- Widest choice of top card suppliers with their own controller & flash design & fabrication
- Over 100 members representing the leading manufacturer s of host systems, cards, controllers, connectors, etc
- Best specs(size, speed, voltage, security, compliance, etc.)
- Already adopted by 4 of the top 5 mobile phone suppliers
general status
- MMCA become a Giant in Card industry
- Over 170 members representing the leading manufacturers of host systems, cards, controllers, connectors, etc - Main MMC makers are key semiconductor suppliers and can provide solutions
- Major application is now mobile-phone based x1 MMC, and the various application is coming soon because of the open standard advantage
- MMCplus/MMCmobile Spec finalization Q4'03 done
- High speed f irst cards available Q2'04 (by SAMSUNG)
MMC product line-up
| product | form factor | voltage | density |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMCplus | Normal Size | Nomal Voltage | 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB |
| MMCmobile | Reduced Size | Dual Voltage | 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB |
| MMCmicro | Micro Size | Nomal Voltage | 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB |
| SecureMMC | Normal Size | Nomal Voltage | TBD |
| Mobile Size | Dual Voltage | TBD | |
| Micro Size | Optional Dual Voltage | TBD |
note
density
: The usable storage capacity may be less than the stated amount of storage on the listed capacity. Part of capacity is reserved for card functionality. Following list is approximate value of Minimum consumer-usable memory capacity.
| part no. suffix | 32MB | 64MB | 128MB | 256MB | 512MB | 1GB | 2GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minimum consumer-usable memory capacity |
30MB | 61MB | 122MB | 245MB | 490MB | 970MB | 1960MB |




