SRAMs accelerate read/write capabilities

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 6, 2006

New memory chips deliver the world's highest density and highest bandwidth, enabling up to 50% more system-level bandwidth than existing QDRII and DDRII products.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp has begun sampling the industry's first QDR II+ and DDRII+ SRAM devices.

The new memory chips deliver the world's highest density and highest bandwidth, enabling up to 50% more system-level bandwidth than existing QDRII and DDRII products.

The devices accelerate read/write capabilities in a variety of data-intensive applications, including switches, routers, servers, storage appliances, wireless basestations and test equipment.

Operating at speeds up to 500MHz, the QDRII+ and DDRII+ products offer a higher bandwidth than QDRII and DDRII, respectively - up to 72Gbit/s - while using the same footprints and a 165-pin, FBGA (fine-pitch ball gate array) package.

The devices are supported by the QDR consortium and will be pin-compatible with products from the other consortium members NEC, IDT, Renesas and Samsung.

Cypress's QDRII+/DDRII+ SRAMs are manufactured using Cypress's 90nm RAM9 process technology.

"Being first to market with QDRII+ products demonstrates Cypress's continued commitment to maintaining a leadership role in the worldwide SRAM market", said Mathew Arcoleo, Product Marketing Director in Cypress's Memory and Imaging Division.

"These devices give manufacturers the density and performance necessary to expand network capabilities and services".

Cypress's 72Mbit QDRII+/DDRII+ products are sampling now, with production starting in the second half of 2006.

Pricing will be announced at that time.