To me: STM has lowest voltage Flash memory:
Tuesday September 23 3:01 AM EDT
Company Press Release
SGS-THOMSON Debuts Lowest Voltage Flash Memory for Portable Applications
ST. GENIS, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 23, 1997-- SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (NYSE: STM STM; Bourse de Paris) has introduced the world's first Flash memory chip that can operate at 1.8 volts. While other Flash memory chips require higher voltages, SGS-THOMSON's new Flash memory technology brings significant advantages in portable embedded applications such as cellular phones, pagers, modems, personal digital assistants (PDAs), hand-held global positioning systems (GPS), digital cameras and similar applications where battery life is a key issue.
``The ability to offer the industry's lowest voltage Flash memories underlines the strength of SGS-THOMSON's Flash technology,'' said Philippe Berge, Marketing Director of the Flash Memory Division. ``This sector of the semiconductor market has been growing faster than the industry as a whole and is expected to continue in the years to come. To support this growth we are aggressively increasing our Flash memory capacity at the company's latest 8-inch production facility in Catania, Italy, which is dedicated to the development and production of Flash memories.''
In addition to addressing the commodity memory market, SGS-THOMSON has also applied its considerable Flash expertise to a variety of differentiated products. These include application specific standard memories that combine EEPROM and Flash memories on a single chip and a range of 16-bit microcontrollers with built-in Flash memory. Other advanced products in development include smartcard and smartpower chips with embedded Flash memory.
SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:STM - news) and on the Bourse de Paris. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) and discrete devices used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer products and industrial automation and control systems.
Further information on SGS-THOMSON can be found at www.st.com. |
