The digital semiconductor technology have take the computer industry to fantastic heights, but it all comes down to ones and zeros. The American company Lyric Semiconductor has now presented a technology that has stepless levels and is extremely efficient at probability calculations.
The first test silicon indicate that it has created a error correction chip for flash memory. The chip is 30 times smaller and 12 times more energy efficient than competing digital error correction chips.
With stepless levels the chip is really analog, but Lyric prefers to call the technology “Bayesian logic.” Named after English mathematician Thomas Bayes that made great contributions to the maths of probability in the 1600s.
Lyric Semiconductor hasn’t revealed any technical details surrounding the chip, how the variables are transfered or the transistors found in the semiconductor. The goal is to build a chip capable of 1-6 Gbit per second and can be integrated directly into flash memory chips. This could make the use of flash memory much more efficient in lots of products.
Effecient error correction for SSDs improves lifespan
The error correction circuit LEC is developed for generic flash products, but also specifically for SSDs where the circuit enables companies to use cheaper MLC NAND memory circuits without losing out on stability or durability while maintaining good performance.
From here on it will develop a more generic processor called GP5 that can be used for a variety of applications, for example web searches. This processor would offer 1,000 times better performance than current digital x86 processors, at lower costs and power consumption.
Website: Lyric
