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Leti workshop on innovative memory technologies to include presentations by STMicroelectronics, Numonyx, Hewlett-Packard and Hanyang University |
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(Nanowerk News) Leti, a leading global research center committed to creating and commercializing innovation in micro - and nanotechnologies, is hosting a workshop on innovative memory technologies at MINATEC during Minatec Crossroads’10 events on Monday, June 21.
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The memory workshop will explore the latest achievements in semiconductor memory technologies. Topics will range from short-term to long-term memory solutions, including:
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Floating-gate, charge-trap non-volatile memories for embedded or stand-alone applications.
Resistive memory technologies such as phase-change memories and oxide–based memories.
Three-dimensional integration approaches to increase memory density
Innovative ideas covering thin-film memories, molecular memories, bio-inspired memories and new architectures.
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The workshop also will feature presentations by leaders in the global memory industry:
STMicroelectronics, Numonyx, HP and Hanyang University.
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About CEA Leti
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CEA is a French technological research public organisation, with activities in three main areas: low carbon energies, technologies for information and healthcare, and defence and security. Leti, a CEA laboratory located in Grenoble, is one of the main European applied research centers in electronics. More than 85% of its activity is devoted to industrial research with 350 contracts a year. Since its creation in 1967, Leti has led to the creation of more than 30 start-ups in high-technology. The main areas of activity are micro- and nano-technologies for microelectronics (more Moore, More than Moore and Beyond CMOS), technologies, design and integration of microsystems, photonics and imaging technologies, micro- and nano-technologies for biology and health, communication technologies and nomadic objects. Leti operates with an annual budget of 200 M€ and employs 1,000 people with, in addition, more than 600 external collaborators (postgraduates, research and corporate partners). Leti has 8,000m² of clean rooms, an equipment portfolio worth 200 M€ and invests more than 40 M€ a year on new equipment. Leti has a dynamic Intellectual Property policy and has filed more than 250 new patent applications in 2008.
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