Rambus company , which many call patent troll ( live by the past patent achievements ), yesterday announced the purchase of a $ 35 million Unity Semiconductor, which has 147 patents for the developments in various fields.
The main interest for Rambus memory is solid-state type CMOx , which promises to be faster and cheaper than the widely used now, NAND, and also offers higher reliability, and density information recording. The thinning of NAND flash memory manufacturing process has the ability to reduce its service life durability. Perhaps the transition to CMOx memory for the whole industry will be one solution to this problem.
The memory type CMOx oxygen ions migrate between the conductive and insulating layers of metal oxide, changing the state from a logical 0 to 1. State management is made by an external electric field. The development Unity of this memory type is engaged from the beginning of this century.
Curiously, Unity Semiconductor last year signed a cooperation agreement with Micron.
The acquisition of Unity Semiconductor company Rambus has already been approved by all interested parties and considered closed. Unity development team moved to Rambus, where it will continue to develop technologies production of a new ROM generation. Related Products :
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