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Article: SMIC Chooses Kilopass Embedded Non-Volatile Memory NVM for Its 65nm and 45nm CMOS Logic Processes.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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Kilopass Technology Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), one of the world's leading foundries, announced their embedded OTP partnership. Kilopass is the first embedded OTP NVM partner in SMIC's 65nm and 45nm processes. The 65nm OTP testchip tapes out at the end of 2009 followed by 45nm in mid-2010.
Kilopass and SMIC have been collaborating since 2005 with the development of 180nm, 130nm, and 90nm OTP. Their customers have seen much success in applications including trimming, boot code, and security key ...