This recognition comes from the company’s outstanding contributions toward the research, development, and commercialization of high performance magneto resistive random access memory (MRAM) integrated circuits.

Based out of Plymouth, MN, Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation possesses industry-leading MRAM design capabilities making them the premier MRAM developer. The company serves a variety of industries and markets including computers, computer peripherals, wireless communications, electronic consumer and industrial markets.

With increasing demand for portable consumer products such as laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cell phones, there is a need for more advanced features with increased functionality and memory capacity. MRAM allows for a single memory solution within one chip, enabling faster, lower power, cost-effective solutions for next-generation wireless and other memory-intensive products.

Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation has a suite of innovative parallel and serial standalone MRAM devices whose storage densities ranging from 4Kb to 1Mb. Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation plans to introduce 16Mb, 64Mb and 128Mb MRAM ICs as well as 256Mb ICs by the end of 2005, utilizing 0.18 ìm technology, 0.13 ìm technology, and 90 nm technology. "Further, the company has significant metallization process capabilities and advance packaging solutions, both central to the fabrication of embedded and stand-alone MRAM ICs," says Research Analyst, Sivakumar Muthuramalingam.

Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation’s proven excellence in research and technology development for MRAM integrated circuits makes it a worthy recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2005 Excellence in Research of the Year Award.

Held in Naples, Fla., Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Industrial Technologies Awards Banquet honors world-class companies for outstanding performance and achievements in their industries. An annual event, the banquet recognizes the quality and merit of distinguished individuals and companies.

Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation (NLSC), located in Plymouth, Minnesota, was founded and incorporated in 2003. NLSC designs, manufactures and markets high-density EMRAM ICs for both embedded and non-embedded applications. NLSC has significant metallization process capabilities and advance packaging expertise, both central to the fabrication of embedded and stand-alone EMRAM ICs. NLSC has developed a family of parallel and serial standalone EMRAM devices with storage densities ranging from 4Kb to 1Mb. NLSC also offers embedded EMRAM (eEMRAM) up to 1Mb for ASIC and SoC. It serves customers in a variety of industries and markets including computer, computer peripheral, communication, consumer and industrial markets.

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