Memory
Samsung memory chip fab in China starts full production
Samsung has announced its memory chip fab in Xi'an China has begun full-scale manufacturing operations and the facility is producing NAND flash memory chips: 3D V-NAND. The complete construction of this fab is done with in 20 months. The total area of the facility is approximately 230,000 square
2 min readWider temp withstanding automotive NOR flash chips from Spansion
NOR Flash memory expert Spansion has released six new NOR Flash memory chips for automotive electronics. The new automotive NAND flash products include: S34ML01G1 (1Gb), S34ML02G1 (2Gb) and S34ML04G1 (4Gb). The new automotive serial NOR flash chips are S25FL116K (16Mb), S25FL132K (32Mb) and S25FL1
1 min readToshiba Starts 15nm NAND flash chip volume production
Toshiba has announced the mass production of 15nm NAND flash chips at Fab 5 Yokkaichi Operations, Toshiba's NAND flash fabrication facility (fab) from the end of April. The 15nm flash chips achieve the same write speed as chips formed with second generation 19 nm process technology, but boost the
1 min read2.0 x 2.2 x 0.3 mm FRAM integrated MCU chips for space constraint applications
Texas Instruments has made available tiny ultra-low power MSP430 microcontroller chips with on-chip FRAM and also Flash-based in wafer-level chip scale packages (WLCSP) of size as small as 2.0 x 2.2 x 0.3 mm. These MSP430 MCUs are suggested for ultra-low power applications such as sensor hubs, dig
1 min readISSI and Spansion sign patent license agreement
Spansion and ISSI have signed license agreement that gives ISSI access to Spansion's patent portfolio to develop and produce specialized flash memory products. "ISSI is proud to work with Spansion and further the development of flash memory technologies for ISSI's served markets," said Manjunatha
1 min readSpansion and Macronix fight over patent violation in flash memory manufacturing
Semiconductor memory chip makers Spansion and Macronix are fighting out legal battle over patent violations. In the month of August 2013 Spansion has filed complaints against macronix over the Spansion's patents violations in NOR Flash memory chips XtraROM memory chips made by Macronix. While thi
1 min readeMemory and SMIC expand non-volatile memory partnership
eMemory and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation are expanding their collaboration to cover both One Time Programmable (OTP) and Multiple Times Programmable (MTP) eNVM technologies, such as NeoBit, NeoFuse, NeoEE and NeoMTP in the nodes 0.35 micron to 40 nm. SMIC's processes tha
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Flash memory chips for your embedded design
The flash memory has become vital chip on your embedded board. It stores all the code you have written for the MCU to perform. While selecting flash memory IC, you may have to look for type, memory size, package, speed, temperature range, and cost.Memory Type: The two most po
4 min readAdesto presents a paper at IEDM on its NV memory withstanding 200 Deg C
Adesto Technologies has presented a paper on high temperature withstanding of its proprietary resistive random-access memory technology known as Conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) at the IEEE organised 2013 International Electron Devices Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Ades
3 min readDRAM market trends in 2014 by TrendForce
TrendForce has reported it expects the DRAM industry to show the following five trends in 2014: 1. 2014 DRAM Revenues to Rise by 12%, Show Growth for Second Consecutive Year since Financial Crisis Due to the transformation of the DRAM industry into an oligopoly, the exit of Taiwanese DRAM manu
5 min readDRAM supply eases
DRAMeXchange has reported the 2Gb prices have dropped from a high of US$ 2.18 in early November down to approximately US$ 1.98, a 9.2% decrease. The 4Gb prices, on the other hand, officially decreased by 3.4% to below US$ 4. Judging from the disruptions to the price uptrend that followed SK Hynix's
4 min readLow power non-volatile memory IP for ID/tag chip design
Synopsys has announced the Multiple-Time Programmable (MTP) Ultra Low-Power (ULP) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) IP for designing RFID/NFC ICs. Synopsys claims this new DesignWare AEON MTP ULP NVM IP cuts power consumption by up to 90 percent compared to the previous generation by offering a single-
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