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nand to eMMC - pin counts

nand to eMMC - pin counts

Posted Apr 29, 2011 22:01 UTC (Fri) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224)
In reply to: ABS: The guts of Android: ext4 vs yaffs2 by karim
Parent article: ABS: The guts of Android

I believe it's about pin counts. Bare nand requires a lot of pins. eMMC is essentially a serial interface, with variable width data path (8 bit max). So by going with eMMC, you reduce your required pin counts, which equals cheaper boards.


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