DGAP-News: Micron Announces Availability of Phase Change Memory for Mobile Devices
(firmenpresse) - Micron Technology, Inc.
17.07.2012 17:18
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First PCM Solution in the World in Volume Production
BOISE, Idaho, 2012-07-17 17:17 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), one of the world's leading providers of
advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced an industry first with
high-volume availability of its 45-nanometer (nm) Phase Change Memory (PCM) for
mobile devices, featuring 1-gigabit (Gb) PCM plus 512-megabit (Mb) LPDDR2 in a
multichip package. As the first company in the world currently offering PCM
solutions in volume production, Micron is providing chipset vendors, enablers,
and handset manufacturers with a proven product that meets the expanding needs
of today's wireless market and paves the way for enhanced features and
capabilities.
PCM provides enhanced boot time, simplifies software development and boosts
performance with overwrite capability. It also provides very low power
consumption and extremely high reliability. In addition, the design-optimizing
shared interface between LPDDR2 and PCM is fully compliant with JEDEC industry
standards.
Micron's 45nm PCM solution is currently targeted for utilization in feature
phones, with a future roadmap aimed at addressing smartphones and media
tablets.
'Our commitment to innovation and continued development of advanced products to
address the voracious demands of the wireless industry is clear and strong,'
said Tom Eby, Vice President of the Wireless Solutions Group at Micron. 'We are
determined to evolve and innovate by continuing to offer the best-tailored
solutions for both today's and tomorrow's market requirements.'
Micron's PCM product line has established a foothold in the wireless industry,
as evidenced by longstanding key relationships with global customers and
enablers, ongoing engagement with major device manufactures, and strong
cooperation with Intel Mobile Communications, which includes recent PCM
qualification.
'Intel's Mobile and Communications Group is at the forefront of new cellular
product and technology enablement, and we see great value in Micron's PCM
technology,' said Stefan Butz, Vice President, Marketing and Product Planning
for Intel's Mobile and Communications Group. 'With a commitment to innovation
and standardization, as well as a long history of cooperation with Intel,
Micron is a trusted supplier.'
From entry-level phones to high-end smartphones and tablets, Micron supplies
virtually every volatile and nonvolatile memory product utilized in wireless
devices today, including NOR, NAND, PCM, LPDRAM and e-MMC(tm) embedded memory,
meeting the need for increased performance, expanding storage requirements,
mature technology replacement, and package capability.
About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of advanced
semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures
and markets a full range of DRAM, NAND and NOR flash memory, as well as other
innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems
for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile
products. Micron's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To
learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.
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Micron Technology, Inc. e-MMC is a registered trademark of MultiMediaCard
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