Unity Semiconductor, which has developed a non-volatile memory technology called CMOx which utilises a cross-point switch, has changed its top management.
Darrell Rinerson, co-founder, chairman, president and CEO of Unity has been replaced as CEO by David Eggleston, an angel investor in Unity who joined the company in 2007 as vp for engineering and marketing.
A new COO, Unity co-founder Christophe Chevallier, has been appointed. He joined the company in 2002 as vp for product development.
A new CTO Louis Parrillo, former head of Spansion’s flash memory R&D organisation, has also been appointed.
"Unity will provide its technology and production know-how to memory semiconductor companies as part of a broad licensing program, and will also directly sell specialised CMOx memory products to the storage markets," says Eggleston.
Under Rinerson, Unity developed a non-traditional manufacturing process. It’s wafers were to be made in two different fabs. The first three layers of metal on a wafer will be made on a trailing-edge CMOS logic process. Then the memory layers would be added at another fab with a more advanced process.
The strategy allowed Unity to be a moderate follower in CMOS transistor technology. Its shrink path is unconventional in that a higher density memory core doesn’t require base CMOS technology migration.
The company has been saying for some time that its first commercial silicon will be produced in Q2 2011.