Everspin Technologies announced a new strategic contract with Frontgrade Technologies. Everspin will provide its PERSYST MRAM technology, logic design, and back-end-of-line manufacturing services, to advance the development and demonstration of a Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) high-reliability eMRAM macro for use in future products by Frontgrade.
This initiative supports both current and future Department of Defense (DoD) strategic and commercial space system requirements. It will be manufactured using Skywater RH90 CMOS in Bloomington, Minnesota and Everspin’s back-end-of-line MRAM process in Chandler, Arizona. The contarct has several phases over multiple years - with the first phase valued at $1.25 million, and all phases at $9.25 million. Upon successful performance of this phase, and at the discretion of the U.S. government, the contract allows for award of future optional phases.
Disclosure: the Author of this post holds shares in Everspin.
