Samsung Develops 45nm Embedded Flash Logic Process Technology

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, a leading chipmaker and contract manufacturer, on Thursday announced that it had developed the industry’s first 45nm embedded flash (eFlash) logic process. Samsung successfully implemented the new process into the smart card test chip, which means that this process technology fulfills the stringent quality requirements of the security solution market and can be successfully deployed on a commercial scale.

“Samsung’s 45nm eFlash logic process has the potential to be broadly adopted into various components for security solutions and mobile devices, including smart card IC, NFC IC, eSE (embedded secure element) and TPM (Trusted platform module). The excellent performance from this smart card test chip will help solidify our leadership in the security IC market,” said Taehoon Kim, vice president of marketing at system LSI business at Samsung Electronics.

The smart card IC based on Samsung’s 45nm eFlash logic process guarantees high reliability and endurance of 1 million cycles per flash memory cell. The performance results are the industry’s best class and superior to any other solutions currently on the market, generally rated for 500 thousand cycles.

Through the improvement in both flash cell structure and operating scheme, the test chip features random access time to read memory that is 50% faster and the power efficiency is enhanced by 25% over previous products built on the 80nm eFlash logic process.

Samsung’s advanced 45nm eFlash logic technology, built on the technological synergies created through decades of know-how and experience in both embedded flash and logic processes, will enable Samsung to provide competitive performance levels and greater value to its foundry and ASIC customers in the field of consumer microcontrollers and automotive chips that require higher speed, larger memory capacity and higher power efficiency.

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