ARM, NEC plan memory controller development

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NEC Corp and Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) have started a joint development project for the creation of an artificially-intelligent memory controller that can interface with NEC's 64M-bit virtual-channel synchronous RAM. The proposed controller will enable system performance to rise by 50% and power consumption to drop by 30%. ARM will lend its expertise in cached- CPU and bus architectures, and will license the microcontroller macrocell in synthesizable Verilog and Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language formats.

United Kingdom, Random Access Memory Circuits, Memory Controllers ICs, RAM (Random access memory), Memory controllers, Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.

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Toshiba, Tessera approve technology licensing agreement

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Toshiba Corp has licensed its microBGA chip technology to Tessera Corp, which the former uses in its memory products, including 64MB synchronous DRAM and Rambus DRAM. Toshiba will transfer technical and engineering information on the microBGA technology to Tessera, who will be Toshiba's exclusive microBGA licensor. The technology is ideal for a wide range of semiconductor applications since it leverages the wire-bonding infrastructure of semiconductor manufacturers.

California, Toshiba Corp.

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TN2-04 IC card chips

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The TN2-04 IC card chip from Tamura Corp and Siemens AG provides a 608- byte variable-sector page EEPROM with a maximum of 14 user-definable areas. Users are able to segregate memory into sections with various sizes and then shift to every areas with a hierarchical key. The card can serve various purposes such as a membership card and prepaid card functions. The chips are priced at Y200 ($1.79) in card form and Y100 (89 cents) for mass-made models.

Product introduction, Tamura Corp.

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