Monday, August 27, 2007
Japanese fabless chip maker Genusion Inc. disclosed that it has fabricated what the company claims is a novel 4-megabit flash memory technology.
Genusion has been developing its so-called "B4-Flash" technology, which uses the company's proprietary B4-HE (back bias assisted band-to-band tunneling induced hot electron) injection mechanism as a means to program its operations.
The technology solves a major problem. Improving "programming speeds is one of the most pressing issues for current flash memories," according to the firm. Today's flash programming speeds range from 1- to 10-Mbit/sec -- or about one-tenth the pace of hard drives.
The B4-HE mechanism has a potential to achieve 100-megabits-per-second programming performance, according to the firm, based in the city of Amagasaki in the Hyogo Prefecture.
The company claims to have demonstrated a 4-Mbit test chip, which is fabricated by using existing flash memory process technology. It expects to move into production by 2009.
By: DocMemory
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