Kilopass Technology recently launched Itera, an integrated multi-time programmable (MTP) NVM in 40nm, at the Linley Tech Mobile Conference held at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California.
Itera will enable SoC designers to reduce costs and enhance integration by replacing outside serial EEPROM and NOR flash in high-volume portable and consumer products. It is used in standard CMOS and does not need further processing or wafer process adders, and offers up to 1Mb storage capacity and 1024 cycles of re-programmability in time stamp, key retrieval, firmware updates, and trimming modulations.
The device will enhance performance over time and lower costs and product size. It can store information that needs to be retrieved repeatedly or altered, such as in tablets and multiple portable products. It can support SoCs for Bluetooth, 802.11, and wireless communications standards that help these devices to stay connected. It can store information for editing analog parts changing constantly. It is suitable for low frequency information sorting.
Its interface is an Open Core Protocol (OCP) that makes for easy integration at the front-end. Its contents can be viewed and executed in place (XIP), and do not need to be shadowed.
Source: http://www.kilopass.com