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TAIPEI, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire＝KYODO JBN/ --

Mushrooming data centers, intelligent vehicles and the infusion of IoT in all

things electronic are piling enormous pressure on the storage sector to keep

pace. As prices tumble per gigabyte of storage, many industry players are

starting to look to UFS chips to replace current eMMC memory chips for the

storage needs of electronic gadgets.

Industry norms usually nudge engineers towards collaboratively developing a

"Universal Programmer"—a single, universal IC-programmer that programs a wide

range of IC devices. However, due to multifarious technical constraints in

programming UFS devices, many industry players have opted for "Dedicated

Programmers" instead—essentially a quick-fix set-up that links the programmer

to a separate adapter board to access UFS chips.

DediProg has long noticed this cumbersome bottleneck and has therefore

pioneered the NuProgPlus series. It aims at unpicking the inflexibility of

those cumbrous Dedicated Programmers, with the goal of making them flexibly

universal, and prompt. The NuProgPlus is therefore an elegant Universal

Production Programmer that supports UFS memory, e-MMC, MCU, NAND Flash and SPI

Flash chips, as well as components of many other categories. Clients will

therefore use only one single programmer for all their chip-programming needs,

thus realizing the twin goals of flexible "ALL-IN-ONE" universality and

"UFS-Ready" promptness.

Mr. Tsao, Chung-Yung, CEO of DediProg, is evidently proud of his team's

achievement: "We have an excellent R&D team involved in early-stage technology

development. What's more, UFS is known for its complex communicational

protocol, which is the reason why many competitors find it difficult to

overtake us."

There are currently two main UFS programming architectures on the market: the

highly scalable FPGA core architecture, and that aforementioned

ASIC-device-to-UFS-chip configuration. The NuProgPlus programmer uses the FPGA

architecture, which means it can promptly tune access to UFS chips without

adding any special adapter board. For instance, if a UFS chip is upgraded to a

new specification, an FPGA-based device can readily resolve compatibility

issues within a few weeks. In contrast, an ASIC-based device will need at least

six months of development time for a new ASIC device to support that new

specification, or risk compatibility pitfalls that notoriously arise from the

slightest disparities between different UFS variants.

FPGA-architectured NuProgPlus has five key manufacturing advantages: it is able

to support UFS chips of 512GB and above capacities; it offers the direct

programmer-to-chip configuration which circumvents the USB transmission

restriction; it requires a lower performance load on its host computer; it

manifestly shortens data download time; and it can flexibly be installed on the

DP3000-G3 automated handler, known for high efficiency up to 3,600 UPH and fits

96 sockets.

Founded in 2005, DediProg is a leading brand in chip-programming technology in

Taiwan. It is reputed for its excellent research and development team, and

IC-programming solutions. DediProg's service network spans three continents

across the globe, providing efficient, real-time technical support around the

world. Click here for more information: https://bit.ly/3iTJlgh

Source: DediProg Technology

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