Kilopass Technology Expands Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Offering to Address Mobile, Consumer, and Computing Markets

BriteXPM Enables Higher Performance & Lower Cost Markets with 25MHz Access Time
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Kilopass Technology, a leading provider of semiconductor non-volatile memory
(NVM) intellectual property (IP), announced today BriteXPM, a new product family
of one-time programmable (OTP) embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) for mobile,
consumer and computing applications requiring faster random access time. As much
as 40% improvement in random access time is achieved from the industrial and
automotive product lines. Initial BriteXPM for select foundry processes are
already available off-the-shelf. More will be ready by Q3, `09.

Historically, Kilopass` traditional XPM products are qualified with an
accelerated voltage and temperature equivalent to more than 10 years of
operating life under harsh environment. With additional guard banding, the
certified XPM has a relatively slow performance of 70ns access time, but can
often out-live the silicon it is embedded in. While reassuring in military,
industrial, or automotive applications, Kilopass has decided that another
optimization is appropriate for consumer, computing, and mobile applications
where performance is more important, thus the BriteXPM product family.

"I am very excited to have finally productized the BriteXPM product line," said
Kilopass VP of R&D, Pearl Cheng. "It is something our customers have asked us
about, and we have worked hard to establish the technical validation to offer
the higher performance."

Indeed, Kilopass has long held quality & reliability as the most critical factor
to success, and thus its dedication to programs such as TSMC`s IP9000
certification. The BriteXPM has to be just as reliable to these customers. After
eight years of silicon verification, Kilopass has gained enough field data to
correlate actual performance to statistical & foundry models. With a setting
modification to the database, as well as countless verification to optimize the
guard band, Kilopass has been able to reduce the access time to as much as 40ns.

"BriteXPM offers an optimized solution for consumer electronics, combined faster
random access time with cost effective, secure storage, and programming
flexibility in the factory or the field, while still remaining true to the high
quality and reliability," said Kilopass head of marketing, Linh Hong. "With
improved performance comes reduced shadow memories, and thus reduced product
cost."

BriteXPM Overview

The BriteXPM family uses the same patented anti-fuse bit cell and array
architecture as the highly successful XPM products. In fact, much of the
peripheral design is also the same. The critical factor here is enough
historical data, accurate models, continuous characterization and
experimentation to gain the confidence to create a different specification
point.

"Voltage margin and performance are directly related in Kilopass` unique OTP
memory," said Kilopass CTO, Harry Luan. "With our in-house test systems and a
highly skilled product engineering team, we are able to gain the valuable data
to validate the performance claim. In fact, we`ve gained enough confidence to
see our roadmap to even faster XPM products."

BriteXPM Pricing & Availability

BriteXPM is available from 130nm to 40nm at foundries including Chartered,
Dongbu, SMIC, and TSMC. However, unlike the traditional XPM products, actual
availability & actual access time depend on Kilopass` characterization data and
foundry model. There is no price difference between BriteXPM and traditional
XPM.

About Kilopass

Kilopass Technology, Inc., a fast-growing supplier of embedded NVM intellectual
property, leverages standard logic CMOS processes to deliver one-time
programmable (OTP) structures based on its extra-permanent memory (XPM)
technology. The memory can be used for the storage of firmware, security codes,
calibration data and other application-critical information. Kilopass is funded
by BlueRun Ventures, iGlobe Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and US Venture
Partners. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For more information,
please visit www.kilopass.com or email info@kilopass.com.

XPM and XPM Xtend are trademarks of Kilopass Technology Inc. all other trade
names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Kilopass Technology Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Erika Duscha, +1-408-980-8808
Marketing Specialist
e.duscha@kilopass.com

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