MediaTek Licenses Memoir's Multiport Memories

New memory IP brings design flexibility and breakthrough performance to cutting-edge SOCs

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- November 20, 2013—Memoir Systems Inc., announced today that MediaTek, the fourth largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, has licensed Memoir's Renaissance multiport memory IP. A market leader and pioneer in cutting-edge SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray products, MediaTek will gain design flexibility and breakthrough memory performance with multiport functionality.

"MediaTek did a thorough evaluation before selecting Memoir, and we are pleased that we exceeded their expectations. MediaTek's extensive product line will benefit from the flexibility that our multiport memories offer and will be positioned to remain in the forefront in the future," said Sundar Iyer, Memoir Systems' co-founder and CEO.

By building upon existing physical libraries, Memoir's Renaissance family of multiport memories reduces risk associated with traditional circuit based memories while dramatically improving memory performance, power and die area. Renaissance 2X, 4X, and 10X memories enable system-on-chip architects to configure memory performance to their application requirements. Memoir's IP eliminates the need to build custom multiport memories, reducing area and power requirements by up to 60% compared to physical multiport implementations alone and increasing multiport memory clocks speed up to 30%. Renaissance memories are exhaustively formally verified, and no further silicon verification is required. The memories use a standard SRAM interface, and integrate into a normal ASIC, ASSP, or SOC design flow. For more information contact sales@memoir-systems.com

About MediaTek

MediaTek Inc. is a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company is a market leader and pioneer in cutting-edge SoC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, and DVD and Blu-ray products. Founded in 1997 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange under the "2454" code, MediaTek is headquartered in Taiwan and has sales or research subsidiaries in Mainland China, Singapore, India, United States, Japan, Korea, Denmark, England, Sweden and Dubai. For more information, visit MediaTek's website at www.mediatek.com

About Memoir Systems

Memoir Systems, Inc. is a provider of breakthrough memory technology that is delivered as Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP). Memoir's revolutionary approach to memory design shortens the time required to develop new memories, and can increase the performance of existing memory macros by up to 10X more Memory Operations Per Second (MOPS). The company's Renaissance family of products provides drop-in replacements for existing embedded memories. These new memories offer increased performance or reduced area and power consumption without sacrificing performance.  Memoir's technology is optimized for a particular process, node, and foundry and integrates seamlessly into any existing SoC design flow. Since the introduction of the company in October of 2011, Memoir Systems has received several industry accolades and awards including: winning a DesignVision award at DesignCon in February 2012; named to EE Times "Silicon 60" list of emerging start-ups in April 2012 and named as A Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup in May 2012. Memoir Systems is based in Santa Clara, California and has additional research and development facilities located in Hyderabad, India and Yerevan, Armenia. For more information, visit www.memoir-systems.com.