IM Flash Technologies
Encyclopedia
IM Flash Technologies, LLC is the name for the semiconductor
company founded in January 2006, by Micron Technology
, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Intel Corporation
, the world’s largest chip maker.
IM Flash produces NAND Flash memory
for use in consumer electronics
, removable storage and handheld communication devices.
It includes a 300mm wafer fab located in Lehi, UT United States
and built a second 300mm wafer fab in Singapore
.
IM Flash took the leading edge in NAND flash scaling by moving to 34 nm design rules in 2008. IM Flash has been able to devise 25-nm NAND chips with 193-nm immersion lithography, plus self-aligned double-patterning (SADP) techniques, where it is widely believed that it is using scanners from ASML Holding
s NV and SADP technology.
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
company founded in January 2006, by Micron Technology
Micron Technology
Micron Technology, Inc. is an American multinational corporation based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips. Consumers may be more familiar with its consumer brand Crucial...
, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
, the world’s largest chip maker.
IM Flash produces NAND Flash memory
Flash memory
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
for use in consumer electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, removable storage and handheld communication devices.
It includes a 300mm wafer fab located in Lehi, UT United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and built a second 300mm wafer fab in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.
IM Flash took the leading edge in NAND flash scaling by moving to 34 nm design rules in 2008. IM Flash has been able to devise 25-nm NAND chips with 193-nm immersion lithography, plus self-aligned double-patterning (SADP) techniques, where it is widely believed that it is using scanners from ASML Holding
ASML Holding
ASML is a Dutch company and the largest supplier in the world of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry. The company manufactures machines for the production of integrated circuits , such as RAM and flash memory chips and CPUs.-Products:...
s NV and SADP technology.
External links
- IM Flash Technologies – company website
- Micron Technologies – company website
- IM Flash Technologies – Facebook