The first CMOS embedded MTP NVM IP in 40nm – Itera

April 26, 2011

By David Hsu, Kilopass Technology Inc.

In recent years we have seen explosive growth in the usage of on-chip non-volatile memory (NVM) in high volume SoCs for TVs, PCs, and mobile devices. NVM stores a wide range of information, from encryption keys, trimming values, configuration settings, memory patching, to firmware (test code, boot code, and application code).  Storing such data on-chip increases security, reduces the bill of materials (BOM) cost, shrinks board real estate, lowers power consumption, minimizes costs, cuts time-to-market (TTM), and increases reliability.

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