Aplus Flash Technology has signed an agreement with IDT about 0.35um HiEE

Update: Aplus Flash Technology is no more in business

San Jose, CA, August 10, 2010 - Aplus Flash Technology - a privately-held, US-based fabless provider of Nonvolatile memory (NVM) IP and products - announced that it has signed an agreement with Integrated Device Technology (IDT) to license Aplus’ patented 0.35um HiEE™ proprietary technology for its use in its mixed signal semiconductor devices.

The design of this contracted EEPROM IP covers Aplus’ most advanced patented HiEE™ proprietary technology, which is optimized for broad, embedded byte-alterable data storage applications, such as MCU, printer, smart-card, SIM-card, e-Passport, RFID, and Green data center. Aplus’ 0.35 um 2P3M customized emEE (embedded EEPROM) IPs are based on high-quality, FLOTOX-based EEPROM technology for high-endurance (1M-cycle), high temperature (-40C-85C+) and a wide-VDD working environment.  By adding Aplus' leading on-chip programmable and erasable HiEE IP to IDT's existing emEE portfolio, IDT can provide better service and faster time-to-market to their worldwide customers for designing world-class emEE products.

Dr. Henry Ma, Aplus' General Manager and VP of IP sales, states, "We are pleased to add IDT to our roster of IP clients.  IDT is a leader and innovator of essential mixed signal semiconductor solutions, and this clearly demonstrates the wide recognition of Aplus' proprietary emEE design expertise in the highly-competitive emEE IP markets.”

Aplus’ emEE IPs are available from several leading foundries worldwide including Global Foundry in Singapore and SMIC in Shanghai, China.

About Aplus Flash Technology:

Aplus Flash Technology is a fabless IC company offering non-volatile memory IPs and memory products. Its line of NVM IP includes ROM, OTP, NTP, EEPROM, FLASH+EEPROM and FLASH, and can be embedded into a variety of communications, computing and consumer applications. Aplus offers standard memory products, standard IP blocks, and customized ASIC designs. Its IP blocks are based on NVM technologies varying from 0.5um to 0.13um now in 2010 and forth-coming the advanced nodes of 65nm, 45nm by 2011. Aplus' embedded licensees including leading global semiconductor companies and its foundry connections span worldwide in countries including Taiwan, Korea and China and Singapore. For more information, please visit: http://www.aplusflash.com.

About IDT:

Integrated Device Technology, founded in 1980, develops mixed signal semiconductor solutions that enable the digital media experience. With a focus on providing power smart solutions that both optimize system level performance while maximizing device performance, our broad product and solutions portfolio allows digital media to be transported, processed, delivered and experienced. For current and next-generation communications, computing and consumer applications, IDT innovation and expertise enables our customers to achieve significant advances in download time, power efficiency, processing, quality and reliability.