Intel Releases First Flash SDK For Cellular Device Makers

Intel Corporation released its first Flash Software Developer Kit (SDK) for Cellular and Intel Flash Data Integrator 6.0 (Intel FDI) that offers powerful features and improved performance to help developers design advanced applications for next-generation multimedia phones using Flash memory.





Flash software is a critical component to the wireless platform. Intel FDI and the software developer kit help designers more quickly integrate and develop such cellular phone applications as Java applets, Bluetooth file transfers, voice recognition tags, mp3, pictures and video files to the hardware.

Intel flash software offerings are royalty-free providing cost savings to designers while helping them to quickly deliver new products to market.

The new flash file system has improved queuing ability to support today's digital video and camera features in phones, and also improves multi-tasking capability.

Intel FDI supports open architectures to allow easy integration of a flash file system with real-time operating systems. It will also help manufacturers transition more quickly to new phone designs based on next-generation memory technology.

Intel FDI will offer to phone designers are advanced power-loss recovery for database applications, the ability to group multiple operations into a single atomic call to ensure data integrity for enterprise mission-critical applications, and advanced stacked memory device support in order to manage code or data across multiple devices in a variety of configurations.

Intel FDI 6.0 is POSIX-compliant, making it easier for developers to deliver designs quicker to the market. POSIX is the most common standard for the portable operating system interface.

Intel Software Developer Kit for Cellular includes tools, a comprehensive architecture reference manual and reference code samples. These components give OEMs the option to develop and optimise their own file systems for Intel flash.

Intel FDI is tested and supported on a wide range of Intel Flash products, including Intel StrataFlash memory and Intel Wireless Flash memory, and will support next-generation releases of these products.

Intel FDI 6.0 and the Software Developer Kit 1.0 are available now and the software offerings are free of charge to Intel customers.

Source: press release

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