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News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: MR0A16A and MR2A16AV
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 June 2007
More options for magnetoresistive RAM
New devices include extended temperature range nonvolatile RAM targeting rugged application environments, such as industrial, military, aerospace and automotive designs.
Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its award-winning magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) family with the world's first 3V 4Mbit extended temperature range (-40 to +105C) nonvolatile RAM product This device enables entry into more rugged application environments, such as industrial, military and aerospace and automotive designs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, Freescale plans to expand its MRAM product family to include a total of nine commercial, industrial and extended temperature products during the third quarter of 2007.
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MRAM devices can be used in cache buffers, configuration storage memories, and other commercial applications that require speed, endurance and nonvolatility.
Freescale's latest extended temperature range option enables MRAM to be used in industrial and automotive applications in which semiconductor products must be qualified to withstand harsh operating environments and extreme temperature ranges.
"As the first company to commercialise MRAM technology, Freescale continues to lead the market with cost-effective and reliable nonvolatile memory", says Paul Grimme, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Freescale's Transportation and Standard Products Group.
"By expanding the MRAM family with new densities and extended temperature ranges, we are able to address the requirements of the demanding industrial and automotive markets".
MRAM offers industry-leading price/performance within the high-density NVRAM market.
Freescale's MRAM devices combine the best features of nonvolatile memory and RAM to enable "instant-on" capability and power loss protection in new classes of intelligent electronic devices.
In addition, MRAM devices operate at SRAM speeds over a wide range of temperature without the need for battery backup.
The MR0A16A is a 1Mbit commercial temperature range (0 to 70C) 3.3V asynchronous memory organised as 64K x 16bit, featuring 35ns read and write cycle times.
The device's industry-standard SRAM pinout allows memory expansion from 1 to 4Mbit in a common footprint.
The device is housed in a 400mil TSOP type-II RoHS-compliant package and is appropriate for a variety of commercial applications, such as networking, security, data storage, gaming and printers.
The MR2A16AV is a 4Mbit extended temperature range (-40 to +105C) 3.3V asynchronous memory organised as 256K x 16bit, featuring 35ns read and write cycle times.
Its industry-standard SRAM pinout makes it compatible with SRAM and other NVRAM products.
The device is housed in a 400mil TSOP type-II RoHS-compliant package.
It offers a robust NVM solution for demanding environments found in industrial automation, transportation, military and avionics applications.
The 4Mbit extended temperature MRAM (MR2A16AV) and the 1Mbit commercial MRAM (MR0A16A) are sampling now.
The suggested resale price for the MR2A16AV is US $24.99 in 10,000-unit quantities, and the suggested resale price for the MR0A16A is US $9.99 in 10,000-unit quantities.
The 4Mbit commercial temperature MRAM device (MR2A16A) is in volume production and available at a suggested resale price of US $14.99 in 10,000-unit quantities.
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