45nm Phase Change Memories in Volume Production at Micron

Micron Technology, Inc. announced high-volume availability of its 45nm Phase Change Memory (PCM) for mobile devices, featuring 1Gb PCM plus 512-Mb LPDDR2 in a multichip package.

As the first company in the world currently offering PCM solutions in volume production, it is providing chipset vendors, enablers, and handset manufacturers with a product that meets the needs of today’s wireless market and paves the way for enhanced features and capabilities.

PCM provides enhanced boot time, simplifies software development and boosts performance with overwrite capability.  It also provides very low power consumption and high reliability. In addition, the design-optimizing shared interface between LPDDR2 and PCM is compliant with JEDEC industry standards.

Micron’s 45nm PCM solution is currently targeted for utilization in feature phones, with a future roadmap aimed at addressing smartphones and media tablets.

"Our commitment to innovation and continued development of advanced products to address the voracious demands of the wireless industry is clear and strong," said Tom Eby, VP of the Wireless Solutions Group at Micron. "We are determined to evolve and innovate by continuing to offer the best-tailored solutions for both today’s and tomorrow’s market requirements."

PCM product line has established a foothold in the wireless industry, as evidenced by longstanding key relationships with global customers and enablers, ongoing engagement with major device manufactures, and cooperation with Intel Corp.‘s Mobile Communications, which includes recent PCM qualification.

"Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group is at the forefront of new cellular product and technology enablement, and we see great value in Micron’s PCM technology," said Stefan Butz, VP Marketing and Product Planning for Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group. "With a commitment to innovation and standardization, as well as a long history of cooperation with Intel, Micron is a trusted supplier."

From entry-level phones to high-end smartphones and tablets, Micron supplies virtually every volatile and nonvolatile memory product utilized in wireless devices today, including NOR, NAND, PCM, LPDRAM and e·MMC embedded memory, meeting the need for performance, storage requirements, mature technology replacement, and package capability.