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To: NightOwl who wrote (14297)	11/18/2008 6:37:31 AM
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FUJITSU DEVELOPS MICROCONTROLLER WITH ON-BOARD FRAM Tue. November 18, 2008; Posted: 12:39 AM TOKYO, Nov 18, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd., a semiconductor manufacturing subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702), has developed a microcontroller that uses FRAM (ferroelectric random-access memory) instead of flash memory. Microcontrollers are used in a wide variety of consumer electronics products, and a microcontroller that uses FRAM instead of flash consumes around 30 per cent less power because of the way the data is stored to memory. With flash, existing data is first erased and then new data is written. With FRAM, the data is simply overwritten. The result is that FRAM memory is updated roughly 30 times faster than flash memory, so the microcontroller can carry out instructions without wasting clock cycles waiting for memory to update. The unit of Fujitsu Ltd. (TSE:6702) decided to adopt FRAM for microcontrollers after evaluating their reliability in contactless smart cards. For integration on the microcontroller chip, the company used FRAM made with a 0.35 micron design rule. Fujitsu Microelectronics will ship samples starting Friday priced at 1,000 yen (US$10) apiece and plans to start producing the chip in fiscal 2009 at a rate of 4 million units that year. tradingmarkets.com Don't know how many bits they plan for this microcontroller line but if it extends to the 32 bit generation it might be significant. 0\|0

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