ABSTRACT

Unlike conventional flash memory Ovonic unified memory can be randomly

addressed.OUM cell can be written 10 trillion times when compared with conventional
flashmemory. The computers using OUM would not be subjected to critical data loss when
thesystem hangs up or when power is abruptly lost as are present day computers using
DRAMa/o SRAM. OUM requires fewer steps in an IC manufacturing process resulting in
reducedcycle times, fewer defects, and greater manufacturing flexibility.

These propertiesessentially make OUM an ideal commercial memory. Current

commercial technologies donot satisfy the density, radiation tolerance, or endurance
requirements for spaceapplications. OUM technology offers great potential for low power
operation and radiationtolerance, which assures its compatibility in space applications. OUM
has direct.applications in all products presently using solid state memory, including
computers, cellphones, graphics-3D rendering, GPS, video conferencing, multimedia,
Internet networkingand.

Interfacing, digital TV, telecom, PDA, digital voice recorders, modems,

DVD,networking , Ethernet, and pagers. OUM offers a way to realize full system-on-achip
capability through integrating unified memory, linear, and logic on the same
siliconchip.Almost 25% of the world wide chip markets are memory devices, eachtype used
for their specific advantages: the high speed of an SRAM, the high integrationdensity of a
DRAM, or the nonvolatile capability of a FLASH memory device.The industryis searching
for a holy grail of future memory technologies to service the upcoming marketof portable and
wireless devices. These applications are already available based on existingmemory
technology, but for a successful market penetration. A higher performance at alower price is
required.