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Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: QuickLogic | Subject: ESP products
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 September 2002
High-speed SRAM joins embedded standard
products
QuickLogic has signed a multi-year agreement to license Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) high-speed embedded SRAM from Virage Logic on Tower Semiconductor's 0.18-micron logic process.
QuickLogic has signed a multi-year agreement to license Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) high-speed embedded SRAM from Virage Logic on Tower Semiconductor's 0.18-micron logic process To be used with QuickLogic's embedded standard products (ESP), the ASAP-HS embedded memory is expected to offer significant advancements in speed
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the ASAP-HS embedded memory, QuickLogic can take advantage of the industry's first commercially available embedded memory with speeds surpassing 600MHz.
Targeting Internet routers, voice over Internet protocol (VOIP), access platform for wired and wireless communications systems, telecommunications switches and industrial control applications, QuickLogic's ESP products deliver a combination of guaranteed application specific standard products (ASSP) performance, ASIC design flow and FPGA flexibility.
By leveraging Virage Logic's high-speed embedded SRAMs, QuickLogic can now deliver higher performing and advanced design products.
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"With its high-speed embedded memories being the fastest memories tested, Virage Logic was an obvious choice as speed becomes critical for our target markets", said Tim Saxe, vice president of engineering, QuickLogic.
"Driven by not only high speed, but also by low-power applications and time-to-market pressures, it was important to select a partner with embedded memory IP technology that is silicon-proven, and cost effective".
"Our mainstream products to date have focused on delivering area-optimised, cost-effective embedded memories to our customers", said Krishna Balachandran, director of product marketing, Virage Logic.
"However, with speed becoming very important for applications such as the Internet infrastructure, we architected the high-speed memories to meet the demands of next-generation products that require rapid data handling".
In order to achieve faster speeds, Virage Logic incorporated its fast loop self-timing technology.
This technology enables a 2K x 16bit, single-port memory under worst-case conditions to operate at over 600MHz (1.8ns).
The ASAP-HS embedded memory meets the stringent speed demands of the communications and networking market for such applications as network processors and DSP technology.
The ASAP-HS embedded memory family is part of the ASAP product line that consists of two other embedded memories: high-density (HD) and ultra-low power (ULP).
The ASAP-HD memories address the needs of many applications that are optimised for area such as HDTVs, set-top boxes, routers and home gateways.
The ASAP ULP embedded memory targets portable applications that must consume less active and standby power such as many Bluetooth and 802.11b devices, as well as mobile applications such as cell phones, PDAs or laptops.
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