Renesas, Link_A_Media Extend Partnership

Renesas Electronics Corp. and Link_A_Media Devices Corp. (LAMD) plan to extend their successful strategic HDD (hard disk drive) system-on-chips (SoCs) partnership into the next generation SoCs for both the HDD and solid state drive (SSD) storage markets. Since the start of the partnership in 2005, LAMD has developed and shipped HDD controller SoCs through the former NEC Electronics’ advanced manufacturing processes.

“We are delighted to extend our partnership with Renesas Electronics to deliver SoC solutions to the HDD and SSD markets. Since the merger between NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology in April, 2010, the new company, Renesas Electronics, is the third largest semiconductor company in the world and can provide LAMD unprecedented access to leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing processes and one of the broadest portfolios of IP in the industry,” said Dr. Hemant Thapar, Chief Executive Officer, Link_A_Media.

“Link_A_Media's SoC designs have been well received by the storage customers,” stated Kazuyoshi Yamada, Senior Vice President, Renesas Electronics. “The combination of their technologies with Renesas Electronics’ advanced manufacturing process technologies will enable us to offer their customers even more compelling solutions.”

Renesas Electronics and LAMD have been collaborating on SoCs based on LAMD’s leading low density parity check (LDPC) Error Correction Coding (ECC), and Data Recovery technologies and Renesas Electronics’ advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes and standard IP blocks. These technologies enable increased noise immunity in data detection, higher format efficiency, and improved drive yields along with lowered power consumption. By combining these SoC technologies with LAMD’s emerging shingled write recording technology, HDD OEMs can significantly increase the densities needed to meet the aggressive storage capacity growth requirements.

By extending the strategic partnership, Renesas Electronics and LAMD aim to continue to offer superior products to meet the demands of the HDD and SSD markets, and continue to develop innovative solutions to address the growing needs of this market.

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