Crocus Technology, founded in 2004, makes highly-stable, small-geometry MRAM chips using Thermally Assisted Switching (TAS) technology and a portfolio of Spintec patents.
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TAS technology sytems from research done by Nobel-prize winning physicist Louis Néel. It consists of blocking a material’s magnetic field below a certain temperature to improve the material’s stability. Crocus’ stable, high-speed MRAM chips can replace SRAM in avionics, defense, aerospace, automotive, and other demanding applications.
TAS technology is the main driver of Crocus’ innovation strategy, backed by around 40 patents and bilateral R&D agreements with three MINATEC labs: Spintec, LTM, and Leti.
Based in Grenoble, Crocus Technology also has a site in California and counts some 30 employees. The company has a manufacturing agreement with Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli specialty foundry, and will soon build a site in Russia (in association with a Russian partner Rusnano) to make large volumes of 300 mm wafers with 90 nm technology.
TAS technology comes to maturity in 2011 with the start-up of sampling production and its own soon-to-be-built industrial-scale production facility.
Learn more at: www.crocus-technology.com
