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August 10, 2011

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August 10, 2011

Who we areCompany Overview

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 2

Founded: 2002

Technology: CMOx Cross-point Memory™ is a replacement for high density NAND

Physics of Oxygen movement enables our devices

Development: 2-year JDP with Micron

Patents: IP protected by more than 108 granted patents

Our business model: •IP licensing

•Specialty product sales

Corporate backers:

3

2002 2004 2008 20102006•Company founded •

Memory cell

1st patents granted

1st strategic investor •Cross-point

Memory™ array

•Partner & investor •

MLC

2-layer devices

•Integrated testchip

2011

••

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation

Timeline•

100th

patent granted

CMOx™ Memory Cell

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 4

CMOx™ uses Oxygen physics to surpass NAND.

The power of Oxygen

Noble metal electrode

Insulating Metal Oxide

Conductive Metal Oxide

Electrode

Moving Oxygen in and out of thin films under electric field control enables CMOx™

to scale to 10nm and beyond

Where is the Select Device?

(1R)

RRAMMemory Cell

with NOD(1D-1R)

RRAMMemory Cell

FET in Bulk CMOS layers. Cell size limited by FET layout.

Two terminal memory cells are severely limited by stray currents. Some type of select device must be used.

Extra select devices (1T or 1D) add complexity or cell area. Non-Ohmic devices

(diode-like) in cell stack.A suitable NOD has yet-to-be produced.

Select device is engineered directly into the CMOx™ cell.A true 1R memory cell.

with FET(1T-1R)

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 5

Two CMOxTM

Memory Layers

Standard CMOS Logic

Multi-Layer CMOxTM

L0

L1L2

L3

TE (anode)IMO (on top)CMO (on bottom)BE (cathode)

CMOxTM Memory Cell

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 6

Four layers of CMOx™ are planned for commercialization.

Two layer actual test chip

CMOx™ Memory Tile

FET decode gates fit underneath the memory

CMOx Cross-point Memory™

128 Rows = Local Bitline

VIA drops down to CMOS

128 Rows = Local Bitline

Local Bitline “breaks”

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 7

Unity’s patented CMOx™ Memory Tile achieves maximum array efficiency.

1Tb Storage Chip Architecture

Sub-Plane = 16 Bricks

Bric

k =

128

Tile

s(4k x 128 x 4) x 128= 256Mb per Brick

Memory Tile

[ (4k x 128 x 4) x 128 ] x 16= 4Gb per Sub-Plane

(4k x 128 x 4)x 128x 16x 32

= 128Gb per Planex 4

= 512Gb X2 (MLC)

= 1TbPB/$ µC

AnaPB/$ µC

AnaPB/$ µC

AnaPB/$ µC

Ana

Plan

e 0

(32

Sub-

Plan

es)

Plan

e 1

Plan

e 2

Plan

e 3

Timing Master µC I/F

Page is 1 row of cells across 16 Tiles/Bricks

“Erase” Blockis 1 row of Tiles

across 16 Bricks

125MB/s 125MB/s 125MB/s 125MB/s

≥500MB/s I/F

>500 MB/sec Read>150 MB/sec Write

8© Unity Semiconductor Corporation

CMOx™: Demonstration

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 9

• MLC/TLC write & read achieved in a true 1R cross-point memory

• 5 year data retentionData Retention

Erase

Program

• >10K write cycles with uniform switching

Cycling

Competitive EnvironmentUnity Well Positioned

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation 10

Phase Change

MRAM

RRAM

Memristor

NAND

NOR

DRAM

NAND

Logic?

What We Offer Licensees

11

Process technology transferReference design

Patent license

Device scaling

expertise

Unity offers a comprehensive bundle of IP and engineering know-how to licensees.

© Unity Semiconductor Corporation

Access to Unity Engineers

Summary• We designed, architected and patented a transistorless

memory cell that we fabricate into ultra dense cross-point arrays.

• CMOx Cross-point Memory™ is engineered to replace NAND.

• Our Micron joint development program is scaling CMOx™ in a state-of-the-art 300mm fab using industry standard tools.

• CMOx Cross-point Memory™ will come to market through our licensing and technology transfer to memory semiconductor companies and through specialty chips we sell directly.

12© Unity Semiconductor Corporation

Technology for Terabits