The STMicroelectronics 5962-9323501MXA is a 2 Mbit parallel Flash memory organized as 256K x 8 bits, with a 200 ns access time and a 4.5 V supply. It comes in a 32-pin ceramic DIP (CDIP) for through-hole mounting.
The 200 ns access time sets the read-cycle window for the host controller. The write cycle time per word or page is also 200 ns.
Military temperature range — deployment context
The ceramic package handles the thermal expansion mismatch that plastic packages would crack under repeated extreme cycles.
Drop-in check against 5962-9089902MUA
The 5962-9089902MUA is a 1 Mbit (128K x 8) parallel Flash in a surface-mount package, not a through-hole CDIP. The 5962-9323501MXA has twice the density (2 Mbit vs 1 Mbit) and a different footprint. It will not drop into a board designed for the 5962-9089902MUA without a PCB layout change and firmware update to use the larger address space.
