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To: Futurist who wrote (7020)	12/5/2002 3:10:32 PM
From: Krowbar	Respond to of 8393

STMicroelectronics Unveils Advanced CMOS and Non-Volatile Memory Developments at IEDM Thursday December 5, 9:01 am ET GENEVA, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2002-- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM - News), the world's third largest supplier of semiconductor devices, will present six papers at the IEDM 2002 (International Electron Devices Meeting) Conference, which takes place during December 8-11 in San Francisco, California. During the conference, ST researchers will present four state-of-the-art innovations for future generations of CMOS technology and two papers devoted to advanced Non-Volatile Memory technology. In the field of Flash memories, researchers from ST's R&D facility in Agrate, Italy, will present their study of the impact of P/E (Program/Erase) cycling and hot-carrier injection on tunnel oxide degradation and address the impact of program disturbs on the generation rate of the traps responsible for the phenomena of low temperature charge loss. The second paper by Agrate researchers reports a detailed investigation of the electronic switching effects in chalcogenide-based phase-change devices (Ovonic Unified Memory - OUM). The electronic switching is the distinctive - and, till now, not yet fully understood - behaviour of this new type of memory device, which ST believes to be the best candidate to complement and eventually replace Flash memory for its superior performance and better scalability. Starting from a band-gap model of both crystalline and amorphous chalcogenide, a numerical model is proposed that accounts for both the DC and transient I-V device characteristics.... ....The R&D Agrate center, Italy, is dedicated to the development and advanced manufacturing of products based on deep submicron Flash and other non-volatile memory technologies such as EPROM, EEPROM and smart cards. Like the Crolles centers, Agrate R2 is a fully integrated facility including a 200mm volume production fab. STMicroelectronics, the world's third largest semiconductor company, is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2001, the Company's net revenues were $6.36 billion and net earnings were $257.1 million. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com. Del