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NOR flash (from 32)
Memory density requirements are increas-
ing as more software code is used to boost
the performance capabilities of new sys-
tem designs.
Difficult to scale
Coupled with the fact that NOR flash is
difficult to scale means that for densi-
ties greater than 1Gb, NOR flash may not
be as cost-effective as some alternative
memory solutions.
IC Insights believes this will cause a
gradual shift in demand away from NOR
flash to higher density alternative memo-
ries such as single-layer cell (SLC) NAND
and magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM), which
have slowly begun replacing NOR flash in
many new system designs.
icinsights.com
Letter to the Editor
In the July issue you talk about the war
in Ukraine and the effect on semiconduc-
tors. However, it occurs to me that there
is a much more delicate situation evolving
in Taiwan and the increasing threat of an
invasion from China.
We saw in WW2 how Japan took advan-
tage of the European war and it’s not to
far off to imagine that China might take
advantage of the Ukraine (or what the
Ukraine war expands to) and invade Tai-
wan (as you point out they control 48% of
the global market). As we say in the UK,
we could be caught with our pants down!
Andy Langridge, SITEST Ltd.
Dorset, England
AUGUST 2022
Arkansas professor gets prison
for lying about Chinese patents
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former Univer-
sity of Arkansas electrical engineering
professor has been sentenced to 12
months and a day in prison followed
by one year of supervised release on
one count of making a false statement
to the FBI about the existence of pat-
ents for his inventions in the People’s
Republic of China (PRC).
Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 64,
of Fayetteville, filed 24 pat-
ents in the PRC which bear
Ang’s name or Chinese birth
name.
Did not fulfill requirements
The university where Ang worked required
individuals such as Ang to promptly fur-
nish to the university “full and complete”
disclosures of inventions, and university
policy provided that it, not individual in-
ventors, would own all inventions created
by those subject to the policy, the Justice
Dept. said.
Despite this requirement, Ang did not dis-
close his Chinese patents to the university
and, when interviewed by an FBI agent,
lied about his involvement in the inven-
tions.
Specifically, noted the Justice Dept., when
asked whether his name would be listed
as “the inventor” of numerous patents in
China, Ang denied being the inventor, de-
spite knowing he was.
Ang also received numerous talent awards
from the PRC government, which he failed
to disclose as a conflict of interest.
justice.gov