NXP concentrated market prospects phase-change memory technology

NXP company, formerly known as Philips chip unit, is studying the proprietary phase-change memory (PCM), the companys CTO Rene Penning de Vries said the technology would be very "promising."

He said, "We have seen a good performance. The next question is whether to continue production." He added that this resolution has not been made. The key advantage of PCM is that it can also be saved when power data, as the current environment protection and LM2576HVS-5.0 datasheet and energy strategy for a positive response, it is very promising. Better than expected performance of PCM flash memory and LM2576HVS-5.0 price and flash memory than the geometric size is also small.

Penning de Vries Technology Forum at the IMEC discusses the development of PCM. NXP and LM2576HVS-5.0 suppliers and Philips Semiconductor, IMEC has been partners for many years, and has R & D institutions engaged in Leuven special project work and participation in cooperative research.

NXP some advanced CMOS process will be outsourced to TSMC, but is on its mainstream technology, including PCM, enhancing cooperation with TSMC.

The technology is different from the related technology company Numonyx BV, which is Intel and STMicroelectronics joint venture semiconductor company. Numonyxs PCM is basically coming from the technology transfer company Ovonyx, and NXPs PCM is part of the company based Energy Conversion Devices rewritable DVD discs from the phase change material applications. Both are based on the final materials, amorphous and crystalline state of S phase transition. For NXPs technology, on this basis also involves a germanium, antimony and tellurium and other additives.

NXP has been conducting a variety of additives, including writable DVD materials in different configurations and with standard CMOS process integration between, in order to find the embedded memory technology. TSMC

PCMs development is also expanding part of the European R & D departments, as in the IMEC Technology Forum announced. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Europe), president of Maria Marced said, "Europe is the key to the wireless and automotive technologies to, PCM is ideal for automotive technology. PCM technology is NXP and TSMC to develop projects, we have been carried out in Leuven and NXP more than 20 cooperation projects, PCM is one of them. "

However, Marced agreed to Penning de Vriess view that the PCM technology relative to the uncertainty in terms of mass production is not yet mature. She said, "We think flash memory have a long life cycle."