SilTerra 180nm Embedded Flash Technology In Mass Production
Semiconductor wafer foundry SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., has officially announced the production release of its 0.18µm embedded Flash technology, dubbed C18E.
SilTerra has licensed its "SuperFlash" technology from Silicon Storage Technology Inc (SST), to co-develop and qualify the C18E embedded Flash memory technology to address the expanding microcontroller, RFID and smartcard markets. The technology is fully qualified to meet the industry recognised JEDEC standard.
The C18E technology is built on SilTerra's 0.18µm CMOS foundry matched technology together with SST's split gate embedded SuperFlash technology.
Also, the C18E technology is capable of being integrated with RFCMOS and Mixed-Signal device modules to create highly programmable system-on-chip solutions.
The C18E technology with SST's SuperFlash memory macro has been completely silicon characterised. It has also successfully demonstrated 10 years Data Retention and 100 thousand endurance cycles capability.
"I am delighted that with the production release of SST's SuperFlash embedded Flash technology on Silterra's proven 0.18µm platform, SilTerra is now able to serve the fast-growing flash-enabled applications such as micro-controller, smartcard, RFID, touch controller across broader customer base." says Yit Loong Lai, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing of SilTerra.
"We thank SST team for their great support to transfer their SuperFlash technology to SilTerra, and look forward to grow our mutual businesses together," he continues.
With this achievement, SilTerra can offer a full suite of non-volatile memory solutions from OTP (One-Time-Programming), to MTP (Multiple-Time-Programming) and now embedded Flash.
In the future, SilTerra hopes to extend its partnership with SST to expand its embedded Flash technology in BCD technology and future advanced nodes.
SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd offers fabrication and design support services in CMOS logic, High-Voltage, Mixed-signal, RF and MEMS technologies down to the 90nm feature size. SilTerra's wafer fab has a design-in capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month and currently serves customers in the US, Taiwan, Korea and China.
