The S25FS256SDSNFI001: It supports SPI with Quad I/O and QPI protocol at an 80 MHz clock rate.
80 MHz SPI clock — what it buys the firmware engineer
The 80 MHz clock frequency is the maximum SPI clock the device supports. In Quad I/O mode, each clock edge transfers four bits.
1.7 V to 2 V supply — a narrow rail that demands attention
The 1.7 V minimum is low enough to ride through a battery discharge curve on a single Li-ion cell near end-of-life, but the 2 V ceiling means you cannot run it from a 2.5 V or 3.3 V supply without a regulator. If your board already has a 1.8 V rail, this part drops in without an extra LDO.
Package and thermal: 8-WSON with exposed pad
Skipping the via stitch or leaving the pad floating will raise the junction temperature under sustained quad-read operation, especially at 85°C ambient.
Cypress (now Infineon) continues to manufacture the FS-S series. The ROHS3 compliance is confirmed.
