THRASHER2
08-15-2007, 03:17 AM
Hynix Licenses ISi Z-RAM Technology for Future DRAM Chips (http://www.dailytech.com/Hynix+Licenses+ISi+ZRAM+Technology+for+Future+DRAM +Chips/article8395.htm)
Hynix to create DRAM that will use a single transistor bitcell
Innovative Silicon (ISi) and Hynix Semiconductor today announced an agreement for the Korean memory maker to license Z-RAM high-density memory intellectual property for use in its DRAM chips. The deal between the two companies is worth more than $10 million, with additional royalties in production.
Z-RAM was initially developed as the world’s lowest-cost embedded memory technology for logic-based ICs such as mobile chipsets, microprocessors, networking and other consumer applications.
Z-RAM-based DRAMs will use a single transistor bitcell – rather than a combination of transistors and capacitor elements – representing the first fundamental DRAM bitcell change since the invention of the DRAM in the early 1970s.
Although AMD was the first major licensee of Z-RAM technology (http://www.dailytech.com/ISi+Releases+Second+Generation+ZRAM+Technology/article5207.htm), Hynix is the first with plans to bring the Z-RAM technology to the DRAM market. Both Interactive Silicon and Hynix are committing considerable engineering resources to work side-by-side on the program.
Hynix to create DRAM that will use a single transistor bitcell
Innovative Silicon (ISi) and Hynix Semiconductor today announced an agreement for the Korean memory maker to license Z-RAM high-density memory intellectual property for use in its DRAM chips. The deal between the two companies is worth more than $10 million, with additional royalties in production.
Z-RAM was initially developed as the world’s lowest-cost embedded memory technology for logic-based ICs such as mobile chipsets, microprocessors, networking and other consumer applications.
Z-RAM-based DRAMs will use a single transistor bitcell – rather than a combination of transistors and capacitor elements – representing the first fundamental DRAM bitcell change since the invention of the DRAM in the early 1970s.
Although AMD was the first major licensee of Z-RAM technology (http://www.dailytech.com/ISi+Releases+Second+Generation+ZRAM+Technology/article5207.htm), Hynix is the first with plans to bring the Z-RAM technology to the DRAM market. Both Interactive Silicon and Hynix are committing considerable engineering resources to work side-by-side on the program.