Xicor and Yamaha Announce Start of Volume Production of Xicor EEPROM-based Products at Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor, Inc.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1998--XICOR, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ 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 :XICO) and Yamaha Corporation “Yamaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Yamaha (disambiguation). The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社 (Hamamatsu, Japan) today announced the start of volume production at Yamaha's Kagohima wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers. facility. Volume production follows the successful transfer in July 1998 of Xicor's EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. technology to Yamaha and the successful completion of reliability qualification. The initial products to be manufactured at Yamaha include both serial and parallel memories. In the near future, production is expected to start on the Xicor Digitally Controlled Potentiometer(tm) (XDCP) and system management products. Xicor and Yamaha entered into a strategic partnership in December 1996. This partnership involved the transfer of Xicor's current manufacturing process (known as "C5", a 1.2 micron EEPROM technology) and will include Xicor's next generation technology (known as "C7", a 0.6 micron EEPROM technology) into Yamaha's wafer fabrication facilities for the purposes of supporting an increasing portion of Xicor's manufacturing requirements. "We are very pleased with the way our partnership with Yamaha has progressed," said Bruce Gray Bruce Gray (born Robert Bruce Gray on September 9, 1939) is a Puerto Rican character actor. Gray was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Canadian parents. He was raised on the island until the age of ten when, in 1946, his parents relocated to Saginaw, Michigan then in , Xicor's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Yamaha's world class manufacturing capabilities are now on-line with Xicor's EEPROM technology. This will ensure that Xicor has manufacturing resources to support the company's growth in the coming years." "This is a very significant milestone for Yamaha and Xicor," said Tokumasa Ishimoto, general manager, Yamaha Semiconductor Division. "In any partnership, the first objective is to learn how to work together for our mutual success. Today's milestone, the start of volume manufacturing at Yamaha, clearly demonstrates we have accomplished this." Reader Contact Mike Levis, vice president, marketing, Xicor, Inc., 1511 Buckeye Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035. Telephone: 408/546-3317. E-mail: mlevis@xicor.com; Web site: www.xicor.com. Xicor Company Background Xicor designs, develops, manufactures and sells nonvolatile in-the-system programmable products which retain information even when system power is turned off or is lost inadvertently. Xicor's product line includes advanced and standard EEPROMs, EEPOT EEPOT Electrically-Erasable Potentiometer (also seen as E2POT) digitally controlled potentiometers, Secure ICs and system control ICs. In-the-system programmability benefits communications, consumer, computer, office automation, industrial, automotive and military products by adding advanced capabilities. Such capabilities include a much reduced design verification cycle, faster introduction to the market, easy adaptability to changing software and operating environments at the point of use, data security, remote maintainability, and personalization by the user. Many of Xicor's products consume little power, operate well from low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains battery power sources, and come in small packages making them ideal for hand-held and portable applications. Xicor products are sold worldwide and are supported by offices located in Asia, Europe, Japan and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Headquartered in Milpitas, Xicor holds the Underwriters Laboratories Certification of Compliance with the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 quality standard and the joint automotive QS 9000 quality standard certification. Xicor's product, corporate and financial information is readily accessible on the World Wide Web at http://www.xicor.com, or by fax request to 408/432-0640.
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