Date: 13th Aug 2010
Ramtron starts commercial sampling of
its MaxArias Wireless Memory
Ramtron has made available commercial samples of its F-RAM
enabled MaxArias wireless memory devices. Ramtrons
MaxArias wireless memory products combine the low power,
high speed, and high endurance features of nonvolatile F-RAM
memory technology with industry standard wireless access
to enable innovative mobile data collection capabilities.
MaxArias is ideal for a wide range of applications such
as high-value asset tracking, manufacturing and maintenance
history collection, and smart utility metering, among others.
We have been very pleased with the enthusiastic response
that Ramtrons MaxArias products have generated since
their unveiling earlier this year, said Dan Secrest,
Ramtrons marketing manager for MaxArias products.
The first devices in the MaxArias family offer on-chip,
wireless high memory data storage and retrieval at far greater
range with lower power than ever before. We believe this
new capability will enhance productivity, lower costs, and
improve supply chain efficiencies for a host of applications
that have not been possible until now.
Ramtrons first family of MaxArias wireless memories
combines up to 16-Kilobits of high-performance, nonvolatile
F-RAM memory with the EPCglobal Class-1 Generation-2 UHF
Air Interface Protocol Standard. When combined with an optimized
antenna design, the MaxArias device powers up with energy
harvested directly from the RF field. Mainstream RFID tags
offer only a few kilobits of memory and exhibit inherently
slow performance. Ramtrons introductory MaxArias wireless
memory offers up to 1,000 16-bit words of data on the IC.
End users can benefit from the high-performance, high-capacity
MaxArias device by storing and retrieving their valuable
information such as manufacturing data, production number
and date, configuration status, malfunctioning history,
repair history, and even firmware revisions at a distance
of up to 10 meters at very low power (-13dBm/-13dBm read/write
sensitivity).
Ramtrons MaxArias WM710xx family suggested for applications
spanning many industries including utilities, aircraft/industrial
manufacturing, inventory control, maintenance tracking,
building security, electronic toll collection, pharmaceutical
tracking, and product authentication, among others.
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