Cypress Semiconductor Corp., today announced the addition of wafer products to its industry-leading nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) portfolio. Cypress’s NVRAM portfolio, which includes Ferroelectric-RAM (F-RAM) and nonvolatile static RAM (nvSRAM) devices, offers reliable protection of critical data during a power failure. Many mission-critical applications that require the unique benefits of F-RAM and nvSRAM also require bare die for small or unique packaging options.

Cypress F-RAM is the most energy-efficient NVRAM technology in the industry with a virtually unlimited 100 trillion write cycle endurance. The ferroelectric material in F-RAM memory cells is highly resistant to data corruption caused by radiation or magnetic field exposure, providing soft error rate immunity for medical, aerospace and defense applications. Cypress nvSRAM is the fastest NVRAM technology in the industry, with access times as low as 20 ns. It provides nonvolatile data retention without the need for additional batteries and also provides unlimited endurance.

“Enabling wafer sales for our NVRAM portfolio allows us to address a wider range of customer needs,” says Sonal Chandrasekharan, Senior Business Unit Director of the Nonvolatile Products Business Unit at Cypress. “Customers can now take advantage of the high performance of nvSRAM or energy efficiency of F-RAM in the exact form factor they require for a specific application.”