Core Advantages of Winbond NOR Flash in Learning Tablets

In today’s rapidly developing smart education hardware landscape, learning tablets have covered a wide range of applications from K12 to vocational education, graduate school entrance exams, and public service examinations. These devices typically adopt a core architecture of “main control chip + storage unit + interface circuit,” requiring simultaneous processing of complex tasks such as … Read more

Why NAND Flash Cannot Achieve XIP

NAND Flash cannot achieve XIP, which is entirely determined by its underlying hardware implementation technology and interface standards, rather than something that can be easily changed by software or the operating system. This stands in stark contrast to NOR Flash, which supports XIP, with the core difference being the access interface and addressing method.Interface Bus:NOR … Read more

Can Cortex-M7 Performance Be Enhanced by Switching from XIP to TCM Execution?

Can Cortex-M7 Performance Be Enhanced by Switching from XIP to TCM Execution?

Hello everyone, I am Pi Zi Heng, a serious technical guy. Today, I will share with you the experience of further improving code execution performance on i.MXRT. The topic I want to discuss today is related to a large project based on i.MXRT1170 that I have been involved in recently. I am working on the … Read more

Why Most MCUs Use XIP to Execute Code?

Why Most MCUs Use XIP to Execute Code?

Click the above“Embedded Intelligence Bureau”, select“Top/Star” Embedded intelligence, delivered first-handHello everyone, I am the intelligence guy~Today I will share with you the technology and knowledge of XIP: 1. What is XIP XIP, short for eXecute In Place, translates to “Execute In Place” or “Execute On Chip”. It is a design feature of computer systems that … Read more

Why Serial NAND Flash Does Not Support XiP?

Why Serial NAND Flash Does Not Support XiP?

Today, we will introduce the two main characteristics of serial NAND Flash that prevent it from supporting XiP under the i.MXRT FlexSPI. In the embedded world, when we mention XiP devices (memory that supports code execution in place), the first thing that comes to mind should be NOR Flash. For example, mid-range and low-end MCUs … Read more