Novelics, memory design specialist, and Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. announced that the companies have successfully demonstrated Novelics’ coolSRAM-1T ultra-high-density memory intellectual property (IP) in Silterra’s 0.13-micron CMOS process. It is said that the memory is substantially smaller than those commonly implemented in today's system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Based on Novelics' patented memory architecture, coolSRAM-1T is a memory sub-system that includes the cell arrays, associated logic, and self-refresh circuitries. The coolSRAM-1T is based on standard CMOS process technology and requires no extra mask layers or doping.
Kevin Bligh, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Silterra, said, "Some of our customers require several megabits of embedded memory to improve performance and lower the overall system cost. The coolSRAM-1T is a very attractive solution for them. It is an enabling technology for the applications that we have targeted for our CL130G process."
Farzad Zarrinfar, president of Novelics, said, "The strategic partnership with Novelics enables Silterra to bring a scalable and innovative coolSRAM-1T IP solution to semiconductor market. We are excited to offer coolSRAM-1T to Silterra customers to allow them to reduce the size of large embedded memories and decrease leakage power consumption for applications such as wireless and portable devices."
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