Micron Extends Portfolio of Phase Change Memory for Mobile Devices
Written by Micron Technology, Inc.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
New PCM Solution Adds Flexibility to Address Wider Range of
Application Requirements
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology,
Inc.
(Nasdaq:MU), one of the world's leading providers of
advanced
semiconductor solutions, today announced the addition of a new
product
to its Phase Change Memory (PCM) portfolio. With high-volume
shipments
of its 45-nanometer (nm), 1-gigabit (Gb) PCM-based multichip
package
(MCP) solution for mobile devices well underway, the company is
now
sampling a 512-megabit (Mb) PCM plus 512Mb LPDDR2 MCP that
offers
greater flexibility in terms of application requirements. The
company
also announced that it has been shipping 1Gb PCM to one of the
world's
leading mobile device manufacturers, Nokia, for use in their
recently
announced phones.
As the first company in the world to ship
PCM solutions in volume,
Micron is building on its close cooperation with
chipset vendors,
enablers and handset manufacturers to meet growing market
demand for
PCM. Nokia is using Micron's PCM solution to enrich the
functionality
of select devices in its portfolio.
"Nokia has always
found ways to provide innovative mobile devices for
its customers across the
globe, and Micron's PCM for mobile enables us
to enhance the performance of
Asha smartphones," said Dirk Didascalou,
Senior Vice President, Mobiles
Phones, Nokia. "Micron is a trusted
supplier, and their new technology helps
create a strong user
experience with a number of feature and performance
enhancements."
The company's unrelenting focus on memory industry
leadership and
technical innovation are critical success factors to adoption
of PCM
solutions to-date. In addition, the design-optimizing shared
interface
between LPDDR2 and PCM is fully compliant with JEDEC
industry
standards, further advancing marketplace appeal.
PCM provides
enhanced boot time, simplifies software development and
boosts performance
with overwrite capability. It also provides very low
power consumption and
extremely high reliability. Micron's 45nm PCM
solution is currently targeted
for utilization in mobile phones
bringing enhanced capabilities, with a
future roadmap aimed at
addressing smartphones and media
tablets.
"Micron continues to lead the charge in advanced, innovative
memory
solutions," said Michael Rayfield, Vice President of Micron's
Wireless
Solutions Group. "Our PCM product portfolio is just the
latest
demonstration of this innovation."
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(TM) embedded memory, meeting the need for
increased
performance, expanding storage requirements, mature
technology
replacement and package capability.
About
Micron
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers
of
advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide
operations,
Micron manufactures and markets a full range of DRAM, NAND and
NOR
flash memory, as well as other innovative memory
technologies,
packaging solutions and semiconductor systems for use in
leading-edge
computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile products.
Micron's
common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn
more
about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.
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Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Information is
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without notice. Micron and the Micron logo are
trademarks of Micron
Technology, Inc. e * MMC is a registered trademark
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Association. All other trademarks are the property of
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