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Toshiba Corporation announced that it has expanded its package line-up of interface-converter bridge LSIs for high resolution LCD display that are used in tablet PC, Ultrabooks(TM) and other applications. Mass production of TC358778XBG is scheduled to start in June, followed by TC358777XBG in July. The ball pitch of the original product is 0.4mm, and fine pitch assembly equipment is required for production. Expanding the ball pitch from 0.4mm to 0.65mm achieves assembly with no need for such equipment. Toshiba has also optimized the pin assignment for layout without high cost PCB with more than 4 layers. Those new package products reduce the set makers' cost of assembly and materials. Key Features: Ball pitch expanded from 0.4mm to 0.65mm; Optimized pin assignment allows layout with no need for high cost PCB with more than 4 layers.

Toshiba Corporation announced that the development of the first MROM cell to offer improved cell current characteristics without any increase in cell size. This advance was achieved by adopting a multi-level-cell structure, which also secures high speed operation. Details will be presented on June 14 at the 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, held in Kyoto, Japan, June 11-14, 2013. MROM's main role is to store the boot loader or firmware. The density of MROM implemented is SoC for such digital applications as Smartphones and tablet PC's is increasing year by year, and in order to improve access time it is necessary to halve the MROM cell area with every generation. In a typical MROM bit cell, a single-level cell, variations in fabrication are increasing as SoC process technology advances, with the narrowing of the channel area of the cell transistors. The result is a slower access time for the 40nm generation than for the previous process generation. Improving access time requires a larger transistor, as a bigger cell area secures a wider channel area. The company has developed a multi-bit cell that uses twice the area of a standard single level cell, successfully expanding channel width in the cell transistor by three times. This also triples the current characteristic of the cell without any change in the memory capacity per area. It reduces the influence of the variation in fabrication by 42%. The company has developed of MROM cell with the 40nm process generation and aims to ship SoC for digital applications that implement the cell in 2014.

Imagination Technologies reported that it has signed a license agreement with Toshiba Corporation for a range of technologies from Imagination's Ensigma connectivity and PowerVR graphics and video families. Toshiba will deploy the technologies in a range of connected SoC (system on chip) devices targeting several consumer electronics markets. Under the terms of its licensing arrangements, Imagination receives license fees and royalty revenues on shipment of SoCs incorporating Imagination's IP.