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MoSys Fires Up the Bandwidth EngineSiliconcowboy's Blog - Dan HoldenJun. 15, 2010 |
I met with Dave DeMaria, vice president of business operations for MoSys at the 47th Design Automation Conference (#47dac), to talk about the company’s transformation over the past few tumultuous years.
As an avid Harley-Davidson rider, I thought I’d seen everything but, what a wild ride they’ve had!
Many will recall that MoSys (formerly Monolithic System Technology, Inc.) started out as a high flyer in the semiconductor industry with a revolutionary 1TSRAM design that promised to outperform traditional 6T SRAM in high-speed applications. The product generated significant interest industrywide, but absent a compelling event to move designers off of their traditional memory choices, it was a difficult sell against established technologies that were cheap and in plentiful supply.