Applications Emerging to Employ Embedded Non-Volatile Memory

May 16, 2011

By Linh Hong, VP of Marketing, Kilopass Technology Inc

The increasing complexity of system on chip (SoC) designs being implemented in process geometries 40nm and below is creating demand for multi-time programmable (MTP) embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) to replace embedded read-only memory (ROM) and external flash memory. NVM based on floating-gate technology, flash memory and some forms of EEPROM (MTP) cannot be implemented in process geometries below 90nm. The ROM supplied by foundries is undesirable because of security concerns, inability to migrate to other foundries, and large area for memories density above four kilobits (4kb). A new MTP NVM solution that leverages anti-fuse technology addresses both shortcomings and provides solutions to a number of high-volume consumer and mobile applications. Other benefits include cost reduction, improved performance, enabling secure storage and configurability. This paper detail embedded NVM technologies and applications that benefit most from using embedded NVM.

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