What's New! News New Devices Events			Press Release View Our Hot Parts View Our Latest Reports Micron 95nm 512Mb 6F² Mobile SDRAM Recognized as Most Innovative DRAM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OTTAWA, June 1, 2006 — Semiconductor Insights (SI), the leader in technical and patent analyses of integrated circuits and electronic systems, today announced that it has awarded Micron's 95nm 512Mb 6F² Mobile SDRAM the 2006 INSIGHT Award for Most Innovative DRAM. "Micron's latest 6F² Mobile SDRAM builds on the success of its previous generation 6F² technology pushing advanced process lithography", stated Geoff MacGillivray, SI's Technology Manager – Memory. "So far, Samsung is the only other identified vendor to venture into the 6F² foray with a 110nm component." 6F² technology offers many advantages over the 8F² layout currently implemented by competitors. The 6F² cell size reduces array area and thus reduces manufacturing costs, an extremely important attribute in the price sensitive DRAM market. Despite the advantages of 6F² technology there are several design challenges, including array architecture, worldine coupling, and sense amplifier layout that has prevented many from pursuing the technology. "Being a technology leader continues to offer new and exciting challenges for our design team, and Micron is pleased that our accomplishments have been recognized by Semiconductor Insights' 2006 INSIGHT Award program," said John Schreck, Micron vice president of DRAM Development. "By implementing 6F² technology in our mobile memory, Micron is able to offer our clients added performance, lower standby power, and improved reliability into an aggressive form factor. These innovative design methodologies give Micron a competitive advantage in mobile DRAM that is also being implemented in our CellularRam product line." Recent SI analysis of competing DRAM devices positions Micron favorably in the market. "By using a 95nm process and 6F² technology, Micron achieves the smallest cell size of any DRAM device analyzed to date at only 0.054µm²", stated MacGillivray. " Other competitors will have to work hard to learn from Micron's previous and current generation 6F² solutions to deliver a competitive product." Additional Information: Image - Micron's 512Mb 6F2 Mobile SDRAM Die Photo About Micron's 512Mb 6F2 Mobile SDRAM About the INSIGHT Awards About Semiconductor Insights About Semiconductor Insights — A Division of UBM Semiconductor Insights (SI) (www.semiconductor.com) is the leading technical advisor to the world’s microelectronics community. SI supports its clients through the technical investigation of patents, integrated circuits and electronic systems. Its TECHinsights division helps technology companies benchmark competing devices, improve time to market and solve technical problems while its IPinsights division helps technology companies and legal professionals evaluate, develop and monetize their intellectual property. Typical clients are major electronics and semiconductor corporations in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Europe and North America and the law firms that represent them. SI is a division of UBM (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com).