Memory

Renesas Electronics has announced the development of 90nm one-transistor MONOS (Metal-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon) flash memory technology that can be used in combination with a variety of processes, such as CMOS and bipolar CMOS DMOS (BiCDMOS), and provides high Programme/Erase (P/E) endurance and low rewrite energy consumption.

Scientists from the Kurchatov Institute, MIPT, the University of Parma, Moscow State University, and Saint Petersburg State University have created a neural network based on polymeric memristors. According to the researchers, these developments will primarily help in creating systems for machine vision, hearing, and other sensory organs, and also intelligent control systems for various devices, including autonomous robots.

Thanks to the Swissbit firmware translation layer architecture (FTL) – claimed to be the world’s first implementation of a sub-page based firmware on SD cards – the new S-45 family offers several key features that cannot normally co-exist in one SD/Micro SD card: cost competitiveness, extended endurance, increased retention time, elimination of read disturb and high sustained random write performance for small data size operatio...

The 28nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FDSOI) memory compiler has been launched by sureCore, and supports the company's low power, Single Port SRAM IP and Dual Port SRAM IP for 28nm FDSOI process technology. It also offers capacities up to 1MB with word lengths up to 288bits and supports 4, 8 and 16Mux factors.

The SanDisk X400 SSD which is SanDisk’s upper-tier SATA client SSD, driving mainstream adoption in computing platforms is being shipped by MSC Technologies. It is designed with SanDisk’s nCache 2.0 Technology provides greater reliability and high-grade endurance for longevity.

Extending its M24 serial EEPROM family, STMicroelectronics has announced four devices that are fully compatible with the industry-standard 4-ball Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP) footprint. The additions enable, for the first time, two or more 4-pin EEPROMs to be connected to the same I2C bus with an individual I2C address hard-wired internally. This allows dedicated devices for specific purposes, such as front/rear camera modules, on the s...

Swissbit will be exhibiting a number of new products at embedded world that address the needs of industrial, automotive and networking/ communications applications. Items highlighted will include SD and microSD cards, embedded USB modules and SSDs. The event will also signify the first appearance of Swissbit’s durabit range, which delivers an unprecedented combination of performance and endurance in MLC NAND flash based memory and storage p...

At the IEEE IEDM conference last week, imec showed the integration of high mobility InGaAs as a channel material for 3D vertical NAND memory devices formed in the plug (holes) with the diameter down to 45nm. The new channel material improves transconductance and read current which is crucial to enable further VNAND cost reduction by adding additional layers in 3D vertical architecture.

The new S-450 and S-450µ series SD and Micro SD memory cards from Swissbit are aimed at demanding applications requiring high reliability and robustness. They combine SLC flash components with a powerful system architecture and intelligent firmware. The new memory cards are available at distributor Rutronik.

The FileX file management system from Express Logic now supports the Microsoft Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system. With support for exFAT, FileX helps to maximise the reliability and fault tolerance of flash memory in a variety of media devices from flat panel TVs and media centres to compact flash and USB pen drives. For systems that also need wear levelling capabilities, Express Logic complements FileX with LevelX, flash wear le...