Jan 28, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Zero-power FRAM Memory Technology Gains Designer Attention According to OEMSecrets Report

YORK, England, January 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --

OEMSecrets [https://www.oemsecrets.com ], market leading search engine for electronics parts, sees Cypress Semiconductor's FM25V20A storage take fifth place in customer interest during December 2018.

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Keeping configuration data stored in SRAM requires the permanent presence of power. Parts such as the DS1230Y [https://www.oemsecrets.com/compare/1/USD/DS1230Y-100 ] by Dallas Semiconductor solve this problem by bundling a battery on the chip, leading to large, expensive chips with limited lifetime.

FRAM, short for Ferroelectric RAM, works around that problem. It uses a ferroelectric layer, and keeps information for a practically unlimited amount of time without power. The number of writes is not limited; cells can be written on a per-byte level avoiding problems found in FLASH memories.

We saw interest in the above-mentioned FM25V20A, which is Cypress's alternative to a classic SPI Flash memory. Using the new technology provides two benefits: firstly, writes are accomplished without delay. Secondarily, the zero block size makes small changes easy - rewriting the entire block is not required. Click here [https://www.oemsecrets.com/compare/1/USD/FM25V20A-G ] to view and quickly compare prices of the FM25V20A from Cypress's authorised distributors on OEMsecrets.

To quote Ing. Tam HANNA, Engineering Consultant to OEMSecrets: "seeing FRAM technology gain customer interest is interesting - so far, designers were shy to deploy the parts. Companies maintaining legacy test equipment frequently face problems with NVRAM batteries running out - FRAM is a nice way to significantly improve long-term reliability."

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