Freescale Leads Industry in Commercializing MRAM Technology; 4 Mbit MRAM Memory Product Now in Volume Production
July 10 2006 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The first commercial Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM)
device is now in volume production and available from Freescale
Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B). Freescale's four megabit
(Mbit) MRAM product is a fast, non-volatile memory with unlimited
endurance - a combination of characteristics not available in any
other individual semiconductor memory product. The device is built
on a foundation of technology protected by more than 100 Freescale
patents, including toggle-bit switching. "With the
commercialization of MRAM, Freescale is the first-to-market with a
technology of tremendous possibilities and profound implications,"
said Bob Merritt, Semico Research. "Competition to become the first
company to market MRAM technology was fierce. This is a significant
achievement that certainly confirms the dedication of Freescale's
engineering team." MRAM uses magnetic materials combined with
conventional silicon circuitry to deliver the speed of SRAM with
the non-volatility of Flash in a single, high endurance device.
Freescale's successful commercialization of this technology could
hasten new classes of electronic products offering dramatic
advances in size, cost, power consumption and system performance.
"The commercial launch of the industry's first MRAM product is a
major milestone made possible by the pioneering research of
Freescale technologists. It underscores our commitment to deliver
breakthrough technology to our customers to address real-world
challenges," said Sumit Sadana, senior vice president, Strategy and
Business Development, and Chief Technology Officer, Freescale. "The
unique capabilities of MRAM technology have numerous exciting
applications in our target markets." Freescale's first commercial
MRAM product, called the MR2A16A, is appropriate for a variety of
commercial applications such as networking, security, data storage,
gaming and printers. The part is engineered to be a reliable,
economical, single-component replacement for battery-backed SRAM
units. The device also could be used in cache buffers,
configuration storage memories and other applications that require
the speed, endurance and non-volatility of MRAM. About the MR2A16A
The MR2A16A is a commercial temperature range, 3.3 volt device
featuring 35 nanosecond read and write cycle times. It is an
asynchronous memory organized as 256K words by 16 bits. An industry
standard SRAM pinout arrangement allows for system design
flexibility without bus contention. The device is housed in a 400
mil TSOP type-II RoHS package. It is manufactured at Freescale's
200 millimeter Chandler Fab in Arizona. Availability The MR2A16A
MRAM is available now from Freescale (www.freescale.com) and
selected distributors. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the
design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the
automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more
than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in
Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development,
manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's
largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion
(USD). www.freescale.com Freescale (TM) and the Freescale logo are
trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or
service names are the property of their respective owners. (C)
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006
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