MOSAID and Analog Devices Optimize Embedded DRAM Macrocell for Digital Signal Processing
OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000--Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE:ADI - news) and MOSAID Technologies (TSE:MSD - news) today announced the completion of a fast access embedded DRAM macrocell for use in semiconductor design.
The macrocell, designed and developed by MOSAID for ADI, will enable more than ten times more memory to be integrated with ADI digital signal processing (DSP) chips. Applications such as wireless and broadband communications will benefit from reducing the number of chips in the system, which in turn reduces system power consumption and size.
Software requirements are driving the need for new levels of memory integration. While DRAM has long-offered density advantages, it previously lacked the performance required for real-time signal processing. This technology enables high performance solutions to be developed for DSP chip applications.
``This latest project is another indication that MOSAID is at the forefront of embedded DRAM technology,'' said Dan Mathers, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of MOSAID Semiconductor. ``ADI had critical requirements for their industry-leading DSP solutions, and the MOSAID design team responded by developing a completely new macrocell architecture. We were able to create a unique product that offers two significant advantages: one, by using embedded DRAM, we eliminate the die-size issues that are a concern with SRAM; and two, our chip architecture offers increased random access cycle speed over current DRAM-based technology.''
``We chose MOSAID because they have the expertise to solve the challenge of getting embedded DRAM on high performance DSPs,'' said Bob Conrad, Vice President, Analog Devices' DSP Division. ``ADI leads the industry in DSP, memory and mixed-signal chip-level integration. The next frontier of DSP applications will require SRAM performance with DRAM density. The MOSAID macrocell boasts an SRAM-like interface, which allows us to easily implement the product with our DSP products and use this improved performance without extended design-in or redesign time.''
About MOSAID
MOSAID Technologies Incorporated is an independent semiconductor company with a 25-year history of design innovation. MOSAID's Semiconductor Division is a fabless provider of high performance products for the networking market. The company's Systems Division is the leading supplier of engineering memory test and analysis systems for memory device design and quality. MOSAID is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with offices in Austin, Texas, Santa Clara, California, London, U.K., and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Company's web site at www.mosaid.com.
About Analog Devices
With revenues of $1.1 billion for the first half of fiscal 2000, Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, the company employs approximately 8,200 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines and Taiwan. Analog Devices' stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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