August 2009

The final day of the Flash Memory Summit started with a panel on new memory technologies.

Crocus Technologies presented their TAS MRAM design which is targeted at SRAM and flash applications. Their product compared to SRAM at a 25% smaller cell, adding Non-Volatile capability, and a zero standby current. The product compared to NAND flash by having a smaller cell and only 1X area overhead for controlling circuitry. It is currently being built on a 130nm node and can be scaled. It is targeted at Cache memory, data logging, medical instrumentation, casino gaming and industrial control applications. They are targeting several business models - selling the standard product ICs, licensing IP a process technology licensing service and providing a foundry service.

QuantumWise A/S is announcing a new release of its software package for atomic-scale simulations of nanoscale electronic and spintronic devices, Atomistix ToolKit (ATK). This code is able to compute electronic structure and transport properties (e.g. I-V characteristics) of nanoscale structures such as nanotubes, graphene, molecular electronics devices, magnetic tunnel junctions and other magnetic system, interface structures, nanowires, etc.

Based on semi-empirical methods, the newly released package extends the company's modeling platform, which already comprises a density-functional theory (DFT) method, to allow faster simulations of larger structures (>1,000 atoms). The new model also offers a better description of semiconducting materials.

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