Numonyx Launches Low-Cost, Low-Power DDR Interface Non-Volatile RAM Products

Numonyx(TM) Velocity LP(TM) NV-RAM Provides Higher Performance at
a Lower Cost Than LP RAM; Offers Path to Phase Change Memory
GENEVA--(Business Wire)--
Numonyx B.V. introduced today its Velocity LP(TM) NV-RAM product
family - the industry's fastest low-power, double-data-rate (LPDDR)
non-volatile memory - giving mobile phones and other consumer
electronics makers better memory performance at lower costs than
current solutions. The new devices deliver two to three times faster
read bandwidth performance improvement over traditional NOR Flash
memory, while providing a cost saving alternative to platforms using
high DRAM content. The Numonyx Velocity LP NV-RAM family also offers a
seamless architectural path to the company's upcoming phase change
memory (PCM) products.

Digital images, videos, games and other applications continue to
put significant memory demands on wireless phones. To meet that
demand, most mobile phone makers utilize combinations of non-volatile
memory like NOR and NAND with costly RAM memory technologies. Each of
these memory types require different hardware and software interfaces
and often force designers to make trade-offs between memory system
performance and supporting more interfaces which can increase system
cost.

Numonyx Velocity LP NV-RAM combines the attributes of the
execution memories in the system onto one, widely accepted LPDDR
interface - helping to simplify system architecture, increase speeds
and reduce costs. Because this non-volatile memory is also executable,
designers can enable digital content to be read at RAM speeds and
lower the memory system cost by reducing the requirements for LP RAM
in the system. Support for the new interface also helps system
architects to scale their memory systems to support more phones, from
low-end to high-end, with the same architecture.

"Numonyx continues to lead the wireless non-volatile memory market
segment," said Marco Dallabora, vice president and general manager of
Wireless Business Group at Numonyx. "With Numonyx Velocity LP NV-RAM,
we are the first to deliver the benefits of the LPDDR-NVM interface
with the leading features of our proven 65nm non-volatile memory
technology. Our goal is to help OEMs introduce cost-effective,
high-performance phones to market, and to realize a considerable
head-start on delivering PCM-based devices for the wireless market."

The Numonyx Velocity LP NV-RAM family is compliant with the JEDEC
Low Power Double Date Rate (LPDDR) NVM Standard announced in November
2007. Upon ratification, Numonyx will continue to work with the
industry to support future generations of interface standards with
their products. This is the first step in helping to deliver faster
non-volatile memory, reducing the need for added RAM for mobile
platforms.

In developing the Numonyx Velocity LP NV-RAM family, the company
actively engaged the ecosystem and customers to enable LPDDR NV-RAM
solutions to hit the market in 2009. "The LPDDR-NVM interface offers
significant benefits to developers implementing mobile applications
around the ARM(1) architecture," said Keith Clarke, vice president
operations and Fabric IP, Processor Division, ARM. "We collaborated
closely with Numonyx to extend the AMBA(1) 3 AXI(1)-based ARM
PrimeCell(1) PL340 dynamic memory controller to work with the Numonyx
Velocity LP NV-RAM solution and it has already been successfully
deployed to our lead partners."

Adding value with software and packaging

In addition to offering innovative NVM silicon, Numonyx also
delivers innovative software solutions. With its Advanced XIP File
System (AXFS), Numonyx enables software designers and architects to
utilize a single file system to support NV-RAM, NOR, NAND and RAM
technologies, as well as future PCM-based products. AXFS software
helps designers get 50 percent more storage in a given density by
compressing unused code pages; optimizing system-level performance and
cost during design; and lowering system power by decreasing RAM
requirements.

Through innovative packaging techniques, Numonyx enhances the
benefit of sharing RAM and Velocity LP NV-RAM in a single
package-on-package solution. This allows designers to deliver a
high-performance, low-cost memory solution on top of the processor. By
having RAM and Velocity LP NV-RAM on the same bus, Numonyx can stack
the memories on top of each other, saving physical space or "memory
footprint" on the circuit board.

About Numonyx

Numonyx designs and manufactures a full complement of integrated
NV-RAM, NOR, NAND and phase change non-volatile memory technologies
and products to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of customers
in the wireless, data and embedded markets. Numonyx combines the
technology and manufacturing expertise of the flash memory divisions
of Intel Corporation and STMicroelectronics, and is dedicated to
providing high density, low power memory technologies and packaging
solutions to a global base of customers. Additional information about
Numonyx is available at www.numonyx.com.

(1) Other brands and names are the property of their respective
owners.

Numonyx, the Numonyx logo and Velocity LP are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Numonyx B.V. or its subsidiaries in other
countries.

Numonyx B.V.
Mark Miller, 916-377-8459
m: 916-380-2090
mark.miller@numonyx.com
Roberto Arrigoni, +39 039 603 5732
m: +39 348 709 8651
roberto.arrigoni@numonyx.com

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