MAGNETORESISTANT SEMICONDUCTORS

Crocus Technology’s Magnetic Logic UnitTM (MLUTM) architecture offers exceptional stability and speed, making it ideal for a wide range of applications including secure microcontrollers for communicating devices. This groundbreaking architecture can be used for technology nodes as advanced as 22 nm.

Technology

Crocus Technology, founded in 2004, boasts a portfolio of leading-edge technology and holds over 100 patents. Its MLUTM architecture has transformed the smart card industry by providing low power, high read/write speed, high endurance, and non-volatile memory that can operate at high temperatures. Industry giant IBM has recently formed a technology development partnership with Crocus to leverage the French company’s extensive know-how in magnetic technology.

Crocus is based in Grenoble with a branch office in the US, and carries out R&D in association with Leti and two other Grenoble research centers: the Microelectronic Technology Laboratory (LTM) and Spintec. Crocus has also formed a joint venture in Russia to build a 12 inches wafer manufacturing facility.

Its MLUTM architecture can also be used instead of flash memory in microcontrollers to perform extremely secure authentication functions.