Ramtron International introduces eight new FRAM(R) memory chips; FRAM product family now boasts 10 products.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 1995--U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Ramtron International is the main vendor of FRAM chips. creator of ESDRAM: Ramtron Ships World's Fastest Synchronous DRAM
in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RMTR RMTR Redesigned Missile Tracking Radar ) Monday introduced eight new non-volatile FRAM (1) (Ferroelectric RAM) See FeRAM. (2) (Ferromagnetic RAM) A non-volatile memory that records microscopic bits on a magnetic surface. See MRAM. FRAM - Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (ferroelectric random access memory (storage) Ferroelectric Random Access Memory - (FRAM) A type of non-volatile read/write random access semiconductor memory. FRAM combines the advantages of SRAM - writing is roughly as fast as reading, and EPROM - non-volatility and in-circuit programmability. ) memory products, bringing to 10 the number of commercial products in its expanding FRAM memory product line. The new FRAM chips are designed for use in a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications, including video games, watt-hour meters, industrial flow meters, satellite receivers, modems and motor controls, among others, and are immediately available with densities ranging from 4 kilobits (4k) to 16 kilobits (16k). "The continuing expansion of our FRAM product line provides our customers with a full spectrum of low- and mid-density memory selections for most commercial and industrial applications," said Kerry Maletsky, Ramtron's FRAM product manager. "In addition, we have lowered our FRAM prices to maintain our competitive position with EEPROMs (electrically erasable e·ras·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being erased: erasable ink. 2. Capable of producing something that can be erased: an erasable pen. programmable read only memory)." Ramtron added that by year-end 1995 it expects its ongoing work with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan to further expand the FRAM product family to include chips beginning with densities of 256 kilobits (256k). Hitachi Ltd., the Japanese electronics giant and a strategic partner with Ramtron, is pursuing development of a family of high-density FRAM memories. Ramtron's new FRAM products are 1,000 times faster than the most common alternative non-volatile memory device and are ideal in applications where little board space is available and high-speed memory access is required. Like Ramtron's existing FRAM products, the new chips provide unequalled endurance, no write delay and low- power operation. Ramtron's FRAM products are the first semiconductor memories based on proprietary ferroelectric Refers to a material that functions similarly to a ferromagnetic material in that it can be polarized into two states. Ferroelectric devices generally do not have any "ferrous" (iron) in them. See FeRAM and ferroelectric capacitor. technology that retain information even in the absence of power. The company's FRAM product family competes in the largest segment of the non-volatile semiconductor memory market -- a market In Stat Inc., a market research firm that tracks the semiconductor industry, estimates will grow to $5.4 billion by 1996. Ramtron International Corp., Colorado Springs, Colo., manufactures and markets throughout the world semiconductor memory products based on ferroelectrics Ferroelectrics Crystalline substances which have a permanent spontaneous electric polarization (electric dipole moment per cubic centimeter) that can be reversed by an electric field. as well as high-performance DRAM technologies. Ramtron holds 41 foreign and domestic patents covering its proprietary technologies and products, and has more than 84 additional patent applications filed. For more information about Ramtron and its products, contact: Lee A. Brown, director of corporate communications, Ramtron International Corp., 1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80921; telephone is 800/545-FRAM (3726); fax is 719/488-9095; e-mail address is info("at" symbol)ramtron.com; homepage is http:\\www.csn.net\ramtron. -0- Note to Editors: FRAM is a registered trademark of Ramtron International Corp. CONTACT: Ramtron International Corp., Colorado Springs Lee A. Brown, 719/481-7011 |
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