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Matrix 3D memory is World's Smallest
nokiator writes "Most of the headlines about cool new high density memory technology are from DRAM or Flash manufacturers these days. Matrix Semiconductor, a small Silicon Valley start-up, broke the trend today and announced that the world's smallest 1-Gbit memory chip. Matrix's chip is an antifuse-based one-time programmable ROM. The total die area of the 1Gb chip is 31 square millimeters (smaller than the blue/red pills in the Matrix movie). Matrix claims that they can achieve this density through a proprietary 3D circuit technology that combines 150nm and 130nm process geometries. When Matrix moves to 90nm process technology, it should be possible to manufacture a 8Gb memory chip on a reasonable sized (i.e. cheap) die. There are many potential applications of this kind of low cost, very high density ROM technology, mostly in content distribution area. One 8Gb ROM chip would have sufficient storage capacity to store the contents of an entire movie using H.264 encoding."
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Remeber when companies used to pick names that meant something or had some relation to whom or what was part of the company? Matrix 3D? In a world where companies pay thousands of dollars to come up with names for thier brands, I could of came up with that same name for a free lunch, $50 and two 6 packs of Mountain Dew.
Honestly. Do these marketing really come up with names or just scan a thesaurus and cross reference names with a trademark database. TorusTech Software Tools, MagicPrints Technology, SmartRights Consulting. Come on! I came up with these lame names in 5 minutes. Is that all it takes?