High Speed eMMC 5.1 Embedded Multimedia Card with Up to 330MB/s Read and 240MB/s Write Speed for Smart Home Applications

High integration: eMMC adopts a "single-chip package" design, which integrates the NAND flash chip of the storage core with the controller responsible for data management (including flash translation layer, bad block management, error checking and other modules) in the same package, without the need for multi chip split layout like traditional storage solutions (such as independent NAND flash+external controller). This integrated design brings two core advantages: firstly, it significantly saves hardware space. The eMMC package size can be compressed to the millimeter level, which can adapt to the circuit board layout of miniaturized devices such as smart watches and micro sensors. It also reserves more space for key components such as batteries and heat dissipation modules in devices such as mobile phones and set-top boxes. The second is to lower the threshold for research and development and production. Manufacturers do not need to separately develop controller drivers, nor do they need to worry about compatibility matching between NAND flash memory and controllers. They can directly embed eMMC as a "plug and play" storage module into the device, shorten the product development cycle, and reduce hardware debugging costs. For example, the micro central control module in smart homes only requires a small-sized eMMC to complete system storage and data caching functions without taking up additional space.

Stable compatibility: Stable compatibility is the core support for eMMC to ensure the "cross platform operation" and "long-term adaptation" of devices, and its compatibility is reflected in both hardware and software dimensions. On the hardware level, eMMC follows the unified interface standards developed by JEDEC (Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council) (such as eMMC 5.1, eMMC 5.2, etc.), adopts standardized pin definitions and communication protocols, and is compatible with processors from different manufacturers (such as mainstream chips such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Rockchip Micro), without the need to separately design storage interfaces for specific processors, achieving "one card adapted to multiple platforms". At the software level, the controller of eMMC is equipped with standardized drivers that are directly compatible with mainstream operating systems such as Linux, Android, and RTOS, and maintain backward compatibility between different versions of eMMC (such as devices supporting eMMC 5.1 being compatible with eMMC 4.5 storage modules).

Applications of eMMC 5.1