T-RAM Semiconductor of Milpitas California has licensed its embedded Thyristor-RAM (T-RAM) technology for 32nm and 22nm applications to Globalfoundries the Abu Dhabi-backed foundry company spun out of AMD.
Sam Nakib, president and CEO of T-RAM, added, "T-RAM has delivered a fully manufacturable and robust memory solution with proven yield, reliability, and low-cost of integration in earlier technology nodes. Thyristor-RAM memory technology provides the highest combination of density and performance among all embedded memory technology candidates, and avoids the fundamental scalability challenges that face 6T-SRAM and other FET-based memory cells."
T-RAM Semiconductor develops and licenses memory IP based for embedded memory applications including high-performance or mobile computing/graphics processors, as well as various networking and telecommunication chips.
"T-RAM's embedded memory technology shows a great deal of potential for use in low-power, high-performance dense cache applications for advanced technology nodes," said Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of technology and R&D at Globalfoundries.
The technology can be used in bulk CMOS and SOI processes, which are both being developed by Globalfoundries for advanced nodes.
The increase in density offered by T-RAM's embedded memory has the potential to enable much larger on-chip cache memories.
T-RAM can be used to enhance the performance and power-consumption of microprocessors, as well as SOCs for netbooks, smartphones, and mobile devices.
'The technology has been proven at earlier nodes, but this will be the first implementation in a leading-edge process', said a T-RAM company statement, 'we have a history of bringing up leading-edge technologies in high volume with mature yields. Working with T-RAM to develop and implement this technology will help drive the learning curve and reduce the barriers of entry for our customers.'
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