SST and SK hynix system ic Partner to Expand Availability of Embedded SuperFlash® Technology
December 11 2018 - 8:00AM
Integrated Circuit (IC) designers are increasingly seeking ways to
keep production costs down while implementing low-power,
high-endurance embedded Flash. Microchip Technology Inc.
(Nasdaq: MCHP) via its subsidiary Silicon Storage
Technology (SST) today announced a strategic partnership with
SK hynix system ic to expand the availability of SuperFlash®
technology. The partnership will introduce SST’s embedded
SuperFlash technology to SK hynix system ic’s 110 nanometer (nm)
CMOS platform, providing designers a cost-effective and low-power
embedded Flash memory solution.
SST’s embedded SuperFlash technology offers low
power, high reliability, superior data retention and endurance for
a range of applications, such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices,
smart cards and microcontroller-based applications. The
technology’s power efficiency and fast erase time are ideal for
low-power applications such as remote IoT edge nodes and
contactless payment devices.
“The combination of area-efficient, low-power
SuperFlash technology and the highly cost-effective 110 nm process
node opens up exciting new product opportunities, especially for
IoT and microcontroller-based applications,” said Mark Reiten, vice
president of SST, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip. “This
partnership will enable customers who require low-power,
high-endurance embedded Flash to keep their production costs down
by using the highly optimized 8-inch CMOS
platform.”
SST’s SuperFlash technology complements SK hynix
system ic’s embedded Flash memory solutions with low power and high
reliability IP. SK hynix system ic is a fully owned subsidiary spun
off from SK hynix (000660: Korea SE) in July 2017.
It is a pure 200 mm foundry specialized in Display Driver IC (DDI),
CMOS Image Sensor (CIS), and Power IC with a process range of 500
nm to 57 nm.
“We believe that the adoption of SST’s embedded
SuperFlash will enable SK hynix system ic to expand our technology
portfolio, and it will help to respond to customer requests for
highly reliable and robust embedded non-volatile memory solutions,”
said Dr. SB You, marketing vice president of SK hynix system ic.
“Moreover, we will provide customers with a cost-effective embedded
Flash solution to support their competitiveness in the market. As
the demand for embedded Flash memory solutions increases, there
will be many customers coming to us to use our 110 nm CMOS
technology-based embedded Flash memory solution.”
The process development commenced earlier this year
and is expected to be completed in early 2019. Contact SST for more
information on the company’s extensive custom library of
off-the-shelf IP blocks optimized for smartcard System-on-Chips
(SoCs).
For more information on SST's patented and
proprietary SuperFlash NOR Flash technology, please visit
www.sst.com/technology/SuperFlash-Overview.
About Silicon Storage Technology
(SST)Microchip Technology’s SST subsidiary is a leading
provider of embedded Flash technology. SST develops, designs,
licenses and markets a diversified range of proprietary and
patented SuperFlash memory technology solutions for the consumer,
industrial, automotive and Internet of Things (IoT) markets. SST
was founded in 1989, went public in 1995 (NASDAQ: SSTI), and was
acquired by Microchip in April 2010. SST is now a wholly owned
subsidiary of Microchip, and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.
For more information, visit the SST Web site at
www.sst.com.
About Microchip TechnologyMicrochip Technology
Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, analog, FPGA,
connectivity and power management semiconductors. Its easy-to-use
development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable
customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while
lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s
solutions serve more than 130,000 customers across the industrial,
automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and
computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip
offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery
and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at
www.microchip.com.
Note: The SST name, the SST logo and SuperFlash are
registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc. and Silicon
Storage Technology, Inc., as applicable, in the USA and other
countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property
of their respective companies.
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