NplusT is excited to announce its partnership with TRUST-TEK. The collaboration enhances NplusT’s ability to deliver advanced testing and characterization solutions to the Taiwanese market, a vital hub in the global supply chain.
“Taiwan is a strategic node for the semiconductor and storage industries,” comments Tamas Kerekes, NplusT’s President and CEO. “We look forward to providing our products and solutions to this dynamic market, reinforcing our commitment to serving customers in Taiwan and beyond.”
Visit us at booth #749, at the Future of Memory and Storage Summit, August 6th-8th at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.
We will be exhibiting TESTMESH, our non-volatile memory test system, and NanoCycler, a full-feature NAND characterization equipment. Stop by to discover more about our solutions, optimized to accelerate the bring-up of novel technologies for data storage and for neuromorphic in-memory computing.
A leading European semiconductor manufacturer has chosen NplusT’s TESTMESH TMA-100 for the characterization of new emerging non-volatile technology devices. The decision was based on the significant speed advantage that TMA-100 offers, being several hundred times faster than competitive solutions.
NplusT – as gold sponsor of the event – will exhibit the TESTMESH non-volatile memory test system, aiming to accelerate the bring-up of novel technologies for data storage and in-memory neuromorphic computing.
Technology researchers and product developers benefit from a compact, all-in-one instrument, embedding all resources necessary for the characterization. They can focus on the analysis rather than spending time and effort for the integration of a complex test bench. TESTMESH’s speed-optimized architecture and the engineering-oriented software accelerates their process to obtain reliable results.
As a tradition spanning more than a decade, NplusT assigned the MOCCA award also in 2023, honoring the user of NplusT products and services demonstrating the highest creativity, imagination, and dedication.
This year, the award was granted to the team of Weebit Nano, a provider of ReRAM non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, for their introduction of the TESTMESH TMA-100 NVM characterization equipment in their workflow. The Weebit team includes: Ori Livne, Director of Testing; Alessandro Bricalli PhD, R&D Engineer; Giuseppe Piccolboni PhD, R&D Engineer; and Matan Guttman, Test Engineer.
Tamás Kerekes, President and CEO of NplusT:
I have been following Weebit Nano since their very early days and I was impressed by how quickly the team was able to bring up a very new, extremely challenging technology. I am happy to support the company on their path to success. Weebit Nano is among the first users of our latest non-volatile memory characterization equipment, TESTMESH TMA-100, and certainly the first to apply it across multiple stages of technology development, from basic test devices to complex modules with embedded micro and digital interface. I am looking forward to continuing being part of Weebit Nano’s technology evaluation process.
Ilan Sever, VP of R&D, of Weebit Nano:
When developing a new memory technology like Weebit ReRAM, selecting the best testing and characterization solutions is a priority. We are delighted to partner with the team at NplusT, making its TESTMESH TMA-100 a key part of our flow. Together we designed the software, load boards and probe cards, going deep into every technical aspect. At Weebit Nano, our products often have distinct working methodologies, and the TMA-100 easily accommodates these different procedures. This includes for example the ability to easily collaborate on the same platform with our R&D partner CEA-Leti. Across our developments, the TMA-100 has saved us a lot of time and effort through product flexibility, the ability to reuse past developments, and the close support we receive from NplusT.
Weebit’s Ori Livne (left) and Matan Guttman (right) with the TESTMESH TMA-100
In a strategic move to expand its presence in India’s thriving industry, NplusT announces its partnership with Trove Hitec. With the country’s growing importance as a global technology provider, this collaboration testifies to NplusT’s commitment to meeting evolving market demands. Tamas Kerekes, NplusT’s President and CEO, states: “We look forward to leveraging this partnership to deliver our state-of-the-art solutions for the fast emerging storage industry in India. This move underscores our dedication to growth and innovation in a key global market.”
Tamas Kerekes, CEO and President of Nplust, was a speaker in the recent seminar held on December 14th at the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Ferrara, alongside prominent names from the Storage industry and research. The presentation, titled “Make the NAND Work” is available at this link.
We have decided to assign a special edition of our yearly MOCCA (MOst Creative Customer Award), to appreciate the long-term cooperation with Andreas Kux and Volker Pissors from Infineon.
Tamás Kerekes comments the award:
“Andreas and Volker are retiring. We have worked together on many challenging projects for over more than 25 years. We were not just their suppliers, and they were not only just our customers: we were a team striving to achieve results.
We achieved such results, spending days and sometimes nights in the laboratory. Andreas surely remembers when we demonstrated a sotiware bug by shorting a resistor deeply inside a climatic chamber. Volker might never forget how a tiny FPGA timing error caused unexplainable array content.
Over these 25 years, I have learnt a lot from Andreas and from Volker. And what I have learnt today is inside our TESTMESH, NanoCycler and BarnieMAT products. Andreas, Volker, thanks for your cooperation. I am looking forward to staying in touch with you. Our business relationship might be ending, but our friendship will remain.”
Dr. Volker Pissors, adds:
“Episode 1 – before Qimonda
My career at INFINEON started mid of 2000 – first as product engineer for wireless chips. In 2001 I have got the chance to join a young development team working on a new NAND and NOR compatible technology.
Looking for a flexible and easy to use ATE for NVM devices we found the RIFLE. The first device under test was a tiny NVM array implementing the base macro of the targeted NAND and NOR compatible products. Testing this macro on the RIFLE we learned a lot about this new NVM technology called NROM.
In the next development phase, we used the RIFLE also for first characterization and reliability tests. The included RIFLE software tools accelerated the engineering work a lot (plot distributions, digital and analogue bitmaps, fail bit addresses, etc.).
Episode 2 – Qimonda
At Qimonda, a memory spin-off of INFINEON, we used the RIFLE SE (second edition) for characterizing new MLC NAND macros. The extended digital control capabilities of the RIFLE SE enabled the operation control of this macro (read, erase and multilevel program).
Finally, the first 16Gbit NAND product of Qimonda was characterized using RIFLE SE in 2007. The filtering engine of the BarnieMAT tool have been co-developed in 2007. Still a powerful feature of BarnieMAT today.
Episode 3 – today
Today the collaboration is focused on data analysis using BarnieMAT (see MOCCA 2019).
Episode 4 – the future
My successors will look for new engineering test equipment – a new and great opportunity for a NplusT hardware revival at INFINEON!”
Dr. Andreas Kux also shares:
“After starting at INFINEON 1995 in the development of EEPROM for chipcard application I am sharing a lot of the path and episodes as described by Volker Pissors. Focus on my side was geting products ready for qualification and – especially in NAND development – supporting that
from the very early stages of development.
Key points in the first phase of working with NplusT (episodes 1&2) were
RIFLE as bench tester for NROM technology was available on quite a number of product engineering workplaces coming with software for immediate visibility of results supporting low cycle time in analyses;
Increased use of analysis features was leading to the approach to make bitmap tooling available also offline as part of Barnie package;
NAND multi-level visualization was defined and implemented together with NplusT.
When I started to work for INFINEON automotive microcontrollers there was an already existing link to NplusT based on a RIFLE SE test system. The software part was revived and extended in two major steps (episode 3).
The starting point for using Barnie was providing a unique base for bitmapping in FAR handling for a wide range of products;
Since then colleagues took over expanding the use of Barnie not only for analysis but also linked to production data (see MOCCA 2019).”
Nplust’s CTO Nicola Campanelli was a speaker at the recent Italian Mathematical Union conference Cryptography and Coding, held at University of Perugia’s Mathematics and Computer Science Department on September 21-22, 2023.
The presentation, titled “The Coding Theory in Flash Memory Applications” highlighted the theory’s importance in error correction, data degradation detection, and data loss prevention strategies when using high performance NAND memories. The presentation is available at this link.
Join us to witness how we help our customers build great storage devices!
We are excited to showcase our latest achievements in increasing performance, reliability and lifetime, while reducing power consumption of memory devices.
At NplusT, we provide state-of-the-art instrumentation and cutting-edge data analysis software that unlocks the full potential of flash and emerging non-volatile memory devices. Our solutions – optimized to shorten time-to-market – empower you to gain an in-depth view of device behavior, enabling data-driven technology improvement and optimal management algorithms.
See you at the FMS 2023 in Santa Clara (CA), Booth 758, 8-10 August!
For any inquiries or further information, or to book a demo, please contact us at info@n-plus-t.com
