AT&T Microelectronics is taking an undisclosed equity stake in Paradigm Technology Inc, San Jose, California as part of a five-year agreement for joint development of high-speed static RAMs. AT&T wants into the static market and sees a deal that gives it access to Paradigm’s design and process expertise as a quick way in. AT&T will also give Paradigm access to its fabrication plants to augment its own die production unit.The initial products will be a line of 256K-bit statics with target access times of under 20nS, with samples planned for the fourth quarter. The two plan 1M statics with under 25nS access, and 4M statics.
