so... (from previous post I've done a lot more digging because I'm intrigued by the clues appearing .....anyone else see it this way?)- its pretty compelling when you put it together)
Ed Kaste, vice president of Industrial and Multi-Market at GF :“Although the needs of these applications vary, the most important consideration among all of them is ultra-low power consumption"
and “GF’s automotive-qualified 22FDX technology is exactly what automakers and suppliers need to enable the rapid integration of highly integrated automotive-grade ICs.”
what real value dual nvm reram with dual switch? game changing automotive revenue delivery is the answer - its that simple
the more you drill down the more you realise WBT are very deliberately ( by request as we know) targeting vehicle dynamic management system micro-controllers. use case: ultra low power combined with uncorrupted data retention requires bit storage without additional charge being required. - no loss and instant on = $$$$ - disruption with a capital D eliminating sneak path removes what has traditionally been the weakest link and has been the developers nightmare as inefficient work around's and process tweaks have been the go to process.....very inefficient and power hungry. Weebit imo is / has addressed this 'weakest link' defect by ensuring the bits most susceptible to failure in the array retain 100% functionality and are free of current interference. As far as I am aware this is an industry first - architecture design changes have been the industry go and that additional cost and space is now redundant - important because final IP design must adopt product requirements in terms of write cycles (endurance) and temp operating efficiency....(Grade 0.1.2 and 3) as this write cycle directly effect speed and complexity of the erase algorithm.
we know WBT are temp qualling to 175 deg + we know ( thanks Ilan Sever for the clue) they have and are deep tweaking the speed algorithm ( the erase / write complexity ) for optimal performance @ 100%
remember this news drop
'If you’ve ever watched a Formula 1 race, you may have wondered how the cars reach race speeds up to 360km/h (223mph). Part of the magic is of course the very advanced and powerful engines. The design of F1 engines is extremely precise, enabling these sophisticated machines to be compact, lightweight, and highly efficient. However, no less important are all the other elements surrounding the engine that are designed to maximize its efficiency.'
Mr Sever went on to to state : While Weebit isn’t designing race cars, we are very focused on optimizing the performance of our ReRAM. As such, we focus not only on the performance of the ReRAM array, but also use a broad range of smart engineering techniques in the Weebit ReRAM module which surrounds our memory array, to maximize that performance. ( - me....this now makes perfect sense to what is going on at the development bench.....watch the auto OEM line up at GFs / WBT and partners door ) link https://www.weebit-nano.com/reram-gets-a-boostfrom-smart-algorithms/
no doubt this whole process is linked - MCU 22nm nvm reram with 100% bit cell control efficiency utilising Ultra Low Power and design cost space saving .....( adoption to 130nm is entirely possible obviously as well ...they are not seperate development streams as such - we know SkyW is speciality foundry in auto MCUs )
this is Huge IMO
additional automotive quall is going imo way beyond temp requirements and is heading into MCU auto dynamic management systems at 22nm - Faster write time Higher operating temperature (150°C and above) Simpler erase (program) algorithm NVM IP design from WBT delivers reliability to customer end product and opens them front and centre to the automotive market like no other ( not even Renesas....big call but true imo)
I've never seen a market opportunity like this from a start up ..... we'll soon see I guess - bring on the news
(20min delay)