Not surprisingly, Silicon Valley based Kilopass Technology continues to advocate for non-volatile memory, in particular the company’s VCM [ Vertical Cross-point Memory] bit-cell technology. In a recent phone call with Andre Hassan, Field Marketing and Applications Director at the company, we discussed why Kilopass see the future going their way.
**********************
WWJD: In 25 words or less, what is NVM?
Andre Hassan: Non Volatile Memory [NVM], at least the Kilopass version, is a one-time programmable standard CMOS process anti-fuse memory that maintains its contents through power down.
WWJD: When did volatile memory become King of the Hill?
Andre Hassan: With the introduction of SRAM and DRAM from companies like IBM and Intel in the late 1960′s.