Freescale's 4 Mbit MRAM Device Named Product of the Year by Electronic Products Magazine.Advanced Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory This article contains information about scheduled or expected . It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final specification of the product. Product Garners Award for Innovation in Non-Volatile Memory Refers to memory chips that hold their content without power being applied. It may refer to chips that are not changeable, such as ROMs and PROMs, or to chips that can be rewritten many times such as flash memory. Technology AUSTIN, Texas -- Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. , a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors, today announced it was honored with an Electronic Products' Product of the Year award for its 4 Mbit MR2A16A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM (Magnetic RAM) A non-volatile, random access memory technology that is designed to initially replace flash memory and, potentially, DRAM memory. MRAM uses magnetic, thin film elements on a silicon substrate that can be built on the same chip with the logic circuits. ) device. Freescale's successful commercialization of this memory technology could hasten new classes of electronic products offering dramatic advances in size, cost, power consumption and system performance. The MR2A16A device combines the best features of non-volatile memory (NVM (Non-Volatile RAM) See NVRAM. ) with random access memory (RAM) to enable "instant-on" capability and power loss protection in new classes of intelligent electronic devices An Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is a term used in the electric power industry to describe microprocessor-based controllers of power system equipment, such as circuit breakers, transformers, and capacitor banks. . The device is well-suited for a variety of commercial applications, such as networking, security, data storage, gaming and printers. The product is engineered to provide a reliable, economical, single-component replacement for battery-backed SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory units. The device also could be used in cache buffers, configuration storage memories and other applications that require the speed, endurance and non-volatility of MRAM. "Industry recognition from a prestigious publication like Electronic Products reinforces the ground-breaking innovation and commercial potential of our MR2A16A MRAM product," said Paul Grimme, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's Transportation and Standard Products Group. "As the first company to commercialize MRAM technology, Freescale has introduced a non-volatile memory product that we believe will prove to be one of the most important disruptive semiconductor technologies of the decade." The editors of Electronic Products - a leading trade publication for electronic design engineers - evaluated thousands of products launched in 2006 on the basis of innovative design, significant advancement in technology or application and substantial achievement in price and performance. "The MR2A16A's unique combination of high-speed reading and writing, unlimited cycling and non-volatility made the Freescale device a clear, standout choice for our Product of the Year award," said Jim Harrison
The 2006 Product of the Year Awards were announced in the January 2007 issue of Electronic Products with a cover feature and a brief description of each product. The 2006 awards mark the 31st anniversary of Electronic Products' "Product of the Year" Awards, which began recognizing the best products in the industry in 1977. For more information about Freescale's MRAM products and technology, visit www.freescale.com/files/pr/mram.html. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with sales of $6.2 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) for the most recently reported four quarters. www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (c) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2007. |
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