Matrix Semiconductor Brings a New Dimension to Content Delivery

摘要

Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced a low-cost, write-once flash memory chip called Matrix 3-D Memory (3DM) that could create an important new content delivery platform for devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and media players equipped with a memory card slot. "What we're creating and delivering is a new category of memory," according to Dan Steere, VP of marketing at Matrix. Matrix has developed a new three-dimensional chip-manufacturing technique that greatly reduces the cost of non-volatile flash memory (where content doesn't disappear when you shut off the device), and offers manufacturers and consumers the ability to write to the chip one time and read many times (just as you can do with a CD-ROM disc). The first products using these chips are hitting the streets this Fall and more are expected over the next year. This new technology could have broad implications for content producers; possible uses include music and video delivery, games, applications, books, reference materials, and databases.