Crocus Technology
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Semiconductors |
Founded | 2004 |
Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, USA |
Number of locations | |
Key people | Dr. Bertrand F. Cambou, (Chairman & CEO) Ken Mc Kay, (VP Tech. Development) |
Products | General purpose and specialty memory chips and technology |
Number of employees | ~50 |
Website | crocustechnology |
Crocus Technology, founded in 2006, is a venture-capital-backed semiconductor startup company developing magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) technology. The company's products originated in a Grenoble-based Spintec laboratory and its technology is licensed for stand-alone and embedded chip applications.
History[]
Crocus Technology was founded in Grenoble in 2004, based on research at the Spintec laboratory.[1] The company eventually moved its headquarters to Santa Clara, California, but retained its engineering base in Grenoble.
Products and technologies[]
Crocus Technology develops and supplies magnetic sensors based on its revolutionary and patented XtremeSense® TMR technology. Crocus’ magnetic sensors bring significant advantages to industrial and consumer electronic applications requiring high sensitivity, stable magnetic performance over temperature, low power and low noise while lowering the overall total solution cost.
Patents[]
In intellectual property, the company possesses 154 patents supporting its products. Crocus also has a long-term exclusive license to MRAM-related intellectual property developed at Spintec,[2] CNRS, and CEA.
Joint ventures[]
On June 18, 2009, Crocus Technology announced a partnership with integrated circuit specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor. As part of the deal, both companies will dedicate special equipment in Tower’s factory, and Tower will fully manufacture Crocus’ MRAM technology in its 200mm Fab2 facility. Tower took a $1.25 million equity position in Crocus.[3]
Investors[]
Other investors include Idinvest Partners,[4] CDC Innovation,[5] Entreprises et Patriomoine,[6] NanoDimension,[7] Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, and Ventech.
References[]
- ^ Mark LaPedus,
- ^ "Spintec" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. EU Who's Who of Data Storage & Memory Technology. Wide Integrated Technologies Diffusion at University of Exeter. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ Mark LaPedus (June 18, 2009). "Tower invests in Crocus, tips MRAM foundry deal". EE Times. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "Idinvest Partners". 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ "CDC Innovation". 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ “Entreprises et Patriomoine” Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine. 2011. Retrieved Aug. 2, 2011.
- ^ "NanoDimension". 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
External links[]
- Fabless semiconductor companies
- Computer memory companies
- Companies based in Santa Clara, California
- Semiconductor companies of the United States
- Privately held companies based in California
- Grenoble