Press Release:
National Scientific Corporation
Announces Successful Fabrication of Tunneling Diodes, New Memory
Posted By
Kathy Smith
Date: October 02, 2001
National Scientific Corporation announced today that it has demonstrated tunneling effects in silicon-based diodes labs in Ireland.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 2- National Scientific Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NSCT) announced today that it has demonstrated tunneling effects in silicon-based diodes at National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC) labs in Ireland. National Scientific also announced its recent filing of a patent for a tunneling diode-based DRAM device. Graham Clark, Director of Global Sales and Marketing, said, "The recent results obtained from our short loop tunnel diode experiment show that the CMOS process we are developing for this technology is experimentally viable. We are continuing with our development program and hope to have a fully optimized process for the manufacture of tunnel diodes available later this year."
Julie Donnelly, Central Fabrication Technology Manager of NMRC in Ireland, said,
"The fabrication of NSC's tunneling diodes presented us with a unique set of
technical challenges, and I am delighted that we were able to overcome so many
of them to get these results."
NSC's
President, Michael Grollman, stated, "The tunnel diode is the most critical and
by far the most challenging component of our TunnelMOS(TM) (or TMOS(TM)) SRAM
memory cell and other memory applications. With this quantifiable data from NMRC
in hand, we believe that we have a significantly compelling story to tell
prospective development partners about our technology. While we have made major
strides in the development of our technology there are still a number of
significant challenges to be overcome before our TMOS(TM) technology will be
fully demonstrated and ready for use in commercial applications."
The Company also announced that it has completed a recent filing for a patent on a novel DRAM architecture using its tunnel diode technology called TDRAM(TM), co-invented by Mr. Graham Clark and Dr. El-Badawy El-Sharawy. Regarding this new patent, Mr. Clark said, "During the past months we have been in discussion with some key industry leaders discussing the needs of the marketplace for an ultra-dense, ultra-low-power memory product that will be required for applications in the later part of this decade. While our TMOS(TM) SRAM product offers considerable improvements over conventional SRAM, the DRAM market is by far the largest memory segment. By applying our technology to this architecture we believe we can provide a DRAM-based memory that does not require constant refresh and therefore has a significant power advantage over existing DRAM technologies, in both standalone and embedded applications. From a business point of view we now have significant activity in SRAM, DRAM and NVM (Non-Volatile Memory) memories."
Mr. Grollman concluded by saying, "By listening to our customer needs and by
applying our ADT designs to meet these needs, we are now moving into a very
focused area of development and product application. We believe our memory
technology can show some significant technical competitive advantage based on
low-power consumption, chip scaling, and density for a variety of battery and
main line applications. We also are pleased to announce the promotion of Mr.
Graham Clark to Vice President of Technology Applications. This is a natural
extension to his current role where he now has responsibility for bringing
products out of the lab and into the marketplace. During the past months his
contribution to the development of NSC's technology into specific applications
has been vital to the company's progress. We are proud to have him on our team."
About National Scientific
National Scientific Corporation, headquartered in
Scottsdale, Arizona, has developed the Atomy Digital Technology (ADT) family of
electronic components and designs, all intended to service portable electronic
OEM customers. ADT devices are designed for real-world applications where power
and space are at the highest premium, such as SmartCards, mobile & PDA
computing, cellular, general wireless and other general portable applications.
The company's basket of technologies and patents covers a wide range of devices
including fast ultra-low-power and ultra-dense memory, amplifiers, inductors,
resonators, and other new high-efficiency versions of basic electronic designs.
For more information about the company, its people, and its technology, please
visit
http://www.national-scientific.com.
Certain information and comments contained in this press release may be
forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Factors set
forth in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2000, its subsequent Form 10-QSB filings together with other
factors that appear in this press release or in the Company's other Securities
and Exchange Commission filings could affect the Company's actual results and
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of the
company, in this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
release the results of any revisions to the forward-looking statements made in
this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or
to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
For further information, please contact Karen Fuhre, Director of Investor
Relations, (480) 948-8324, ext. 115,
kfuhre@nscus.com.
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