by Anton Shilov
07/09/2003 | 03:46 AM
Ramtron International Corporation, a developer of non-volatile FRAM memory products, announced that Promise Technology had selected the company's ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) for use in its stand-alone RAID controllers.
<%BANNER[article]%>Promise Technology had chosen Ramtron's 3V, 256Kb, FM18L08 for its fast write capability, small footprint and cost effectiveness. In the application, FRAM stores RAID transaction logs and other non-volatile data, writing virtually non-stop and preserving its data state even if the power goes out.
The FM18L08 is the world’s first commercial non-volatile memory to feature virtually unlimited endurance eliminating the reliability concerns, functional disadvantages and system design complexities of battery-backed SRAM. With its unlimited access cycles, FRAM provides any combination of volatile and non-volatile storage, replacing both SRAM and EEPROM in the end system without the typical disadvantages.
Promise Technology holds 87% of the world market for IDE/ATA and RAID controller solutions according to Dataquest, hence, Ramtron and its FRAM has some chances to grow. The concern here is, whether Ramtron becomes another Rambus eventually...