128 Mbit NOR flash, SPI bus, 104 MHz — what it is
The S25FL128P0XNFI001M is a 128 Mbit NOR flash from Infineon's FL-P series, organised as 16M x 8 bits and accessed over a standard SPI bus at up to 104 MHz.
SPI clock and write-cycle timing — what they mean for firmware updates
The 104 MHz SPI clock delivers a read throughput of roughly 104 Mbit/s in single-I/O mode — enough to shadow code into SRAM or execute-in-place for moderate-speed microcontrollers without stalling the core. Page write time is 3 ms typical — for a 256-byte page, that translates to about 12 µs per byte. Firmware-update routines should budget for the cumulative write latency across the full 128 Mbit array; a full-chip erase followed by page writes can take tens of seconds.
Package and reflow — MSL and pad design
Check the moisture-sensitivity level before the reflow oven — if it is MSL 3 or higher and the part has been out of the dry pack longer than the floor-life rating, bake it or it popcorns.