Innovative Silicon Inc. Joins SOI Industry Consortium as a Founding Member.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Innovative Silicon Inc.(ISi), the developer of Z-RAM([R]) high-density memory intellectual property (IP), today announced it is a founding member of the newly formed SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. Industry Consortium, that is poised to accelerate the broad adoption of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor technology. The Consortium announced its formation separately today, see http://soiconsortium.org/news-events/press-releases/bdd/fiche/2. "ISi is proud to be an inaugural member of the SOI Industry Consortium as we are committed to seeing broader availability and use of SOI technology throughout the industry," said Jeff Lewis, Innovative Silicon Inc.'s vice president of marketing and product operations. "SOI-based devices offer users many advantages. For example, our Z-RAM memory IP on SOI wafers delivers superior power, performance, density and cost advantages over today's DRAM and SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory memory devices created on bulk CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. . We are enthusiastic that the other founding members of the consortium are also committed to the mainstream adoption of SOI technology." About the SOI Industry Consortium The SOI Industry Consortium is chartered with accelerating silicon-on-insulator (SOI) innovation into broad markets by promoting the benefits of SOI technology and reducing the barriers to adoption. Representing leaders spanning the entire electronics industry infrastructure, SOI Industry Consortium charter members include: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , ARM, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , CEA-Leti, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. , Freescale Semiconductor, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Innovative Silicon, KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, NXP NXP Next Experience (formerly Philips Semiconductors) , Samsung, Semico, Soitec, SEH Europe, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code and UMC. Membership is open to all companies and institutions throughout the electronics industry. For more information, please see www.soiconsortium.org. About Innovative Silicon Innovative Silicon Inc. (ISi) delivers ultra-high density memory IP for embedded SoC, MPU and portable consumer applications requiring low power, high density and high speed. Endorsed by IEEE Spectrum Magazine in January 2007 as the winning semiconductor technology, and again in April 2007 by winning its ACE award for Emerging Technology, ISi's Z-RAM[R] memory offers up to twice the density of embedded DRAM and is up to five times denser than embedded SRAM. Z-RAM memory is currently being licensed by Hynix Semiconductor for use in its DRAM chips. The company closed its first round of VC funding in 2003, completed its first 90nm megabit Z-RAM memory designs in 2004, its first 65nm designs in 2005 and its first 45nm designs in 2006. With more than 20 patents already granted, Z-RAM[R]'s unique single-transistor architecture is the world's lowest cost semiconductor memory solution. The company is incorporated in the USA with R&D in Lausanne, Switzerland. For more information see www.z-ram.com. Z-RAM is a registered trademark of Innovative Silicon Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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