soiconsortium.org, Apr. 02, 2020 –
GlobalFoundries recently announced that its embedded magnetoresistive non-volatile memory (eMRAM) has entered production on the company's 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX®) platform. (See the full press release here.) The company says this advanced embedded non-volatile memory on its FDX™ platform provides a cost-effective solution for low-power, non-volatile code and data storage applications. It is now working with several clients with multiple production tape-outs scheduled in 2020. GF heralds the announcement as a significant industry milestone, demonstrating the scalability of eMRAM as a cost-effective option at advanced process nodes for IoT, general-purpose microcontrollers, automotive, edge-AI, and other low-power applications.
"We continue our commitment to differentiate our FDX platform with robust, feature rich solutions that allow our clients to build innovative products for high performance and low power applications," said Mike Hogan, senior vice president and general manager of Automotive and Industrial Multi-market at GlobalFoundries. "Our differentiated eMRAM, deployed on the industry's most advanced FDX platform, delivers a unique combination of high performance RF, low power logic and integrated power management in an easy-to-integrate eMRAM solution that enables our clients to deliver a new generation of ultra-low power MCUs and connected IoT applications."