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WEEBIT NANO LTD — AGM Information 2022
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2022 AGM – Chair Address and CEO Presentation
16 November 2022
Weebit Nano Limited (ASX:WBT; Weebit or the Company), will today address shareholders at its Annual General Meeting, commencing at 10:00am (AEDT).
Attached is a copy of the Address to be delivered by the Chairman, Mr David (Dadi) Perlmutter, and the Presentation to be delivered by the Managing Director and CEO, Mr Jacob Hanoch.
Authorised for release by David Perlmutter, Chairman.
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About Weebit Nano Limited
Weebit Nano Ltd. is a leading developer of next-generation semiconductor memory technology. The company’s ground-breaking Resistive RAM (ReRAM) addresses the growing need for significantly higher performance and lower power memory solutions in a range of new electronic products such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smartphones, robotics, autonomous vehicles, 5G communications and artificial intelligence.
Weebit’s ReRAM allows semiconductor memory elements to be significantly faster, less expensive, more reliable and more energy efficient than those using existing Flash memory solutions. As it is based on fab-friendly materials, the technology can be quickly and easily integrated with existing flows and processes, without the need for special equipment or large investments.
See www.weebit-nano.com and follow us on https://twitter.com/WeebitNano.
Weebit Nano and the Weebit Nano logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Weebit Nano Ltd. in the United States and other countries. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Contact Office: +972-9-7797832 [email protected] www.weebit-nano.com
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2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS
The 2022 financial year and the last couple of months have been an exceptional period for Weebit Nano. A period in which we demonstrated the maturity and suitability of our embedded ReRAM for volume production, entered our first commercial agreement with SkyWater Technologies, successfully qualified our technology with CEA-Leti, and received the first silicon wafers incorporating our ReRAM module from SkyWater Technologies’ US production fab.
These achievements have accelerated our engagement with Tier 1 and 2 fabs, and potential customers, and we are now in various stages of discussion and technology evaluation with each of them. Many of you will have heard Coby refer to this dynamic as a ‘chicken-and-egg’ scenario. Fabs will often wait until a customer requests a new technology before adopting it, while a customer will also want to know a new technology is available at a fab before integrating it into their designs. We are now at the point where we will soon break this deadlock as the market acknowledges the need for ReRAM and we are getting customers and fabs to talk with the goal of a 3-way cooperation.
We are hearing from Tier-1 fabs that customers are asking them about ReRAM, and this is also acknowledged by customers. We are now qualifying the chips manufactured at SkyWater, and SkyWater is already calling on their customers to introduce Weebit’s ReRAM to them.
Our progress over the past year would not have been possible without our valuable partnerships with development partner CEA-Leti, and first commercial partner SkyWater Technologies. On behalf of the entire Weebit team, I would like to thank you both and I look forward to our continued collaboration in FY23 and beyond.
I’m incredibly proud of Weebit Nano’s achievements to date. The company has consistently delivered against its milestones, and our embedded ReRAM is well-placed to meet the rapidly growing demand for faster, more efficient non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies.
The achievement of several key technical milestones over the past year is a testament to our exceptional team management and the Board. While the memory technology we are commercialising is new, developing and bringing new semiconductor technology to market is a process many of Weebit Nano’s team have been through before. Thank you to my fellow Directors and Weebit’s entire team for all your hard work and dedication over the past year. I look forward to the year ahead.
And finally, thank you to our loyal shareholders for supporting us on this journey. FY23 is shaping up to be an exciting year, one in which we expect to sign up additional fabs and customers, and also commence volume production of our embedded ReRAM technology.
Contact Office: +972-9-7797832 [email protected] www.weebit-nano.com
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CEO Presentation ReRAM: The Next NVM is Here Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2022 16 November 2022
Your board of directors
David (Dadi) Dr. Yoav Atiq Raza Fred Bart Ashley Krongold Coby Hanoch Perlmutter Nissan-Cohen NON-EXEC. NON-EXEC. NON-EXEC. CEO CHAIRMAN EXEC. DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
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Who we are
Leading developer of innovative memory technologies Bringing to market Weebit ReRAM – next-generation NVM technology Enabling a new era of intelligent connected devices
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Founded: 2015 Located in Israel & France ASX: WBT
World-leading team 50 personnel * (90% engineers/ scientists)
R&D partner
CEA-Leti, leading microelectronics research institute
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Signed 1st commercial deal Ongoing discussions with additional fabs and customers
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Business model
Product & IP licensing to
semiconductor companies & fabs
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Fully qualified on 130nm & below Proven on >1000 wafers to-date Volume production expected 2023
Global NVM Market (US$B)*
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100
10.84%
CAGR
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2020 2026
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NVM = Non-Volatile Memory
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* Includes employees and full-time contractors
* Source: MarketsandMarkets; company data
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Strong and experienced management
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Ishai Naveh Amir Regev Ilan Sever Eran Briman Alla Felder
Coby Hanoch
CTO VP TECH. VP R&D VP MARKETING & CFO
CEO DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS DEV.
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Increasing global semiconductor R&D investment
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Geopolitics driving countries to invest locally in semiconductor R&D
US CHIPS Act / EU Chips Act to boost new fab construction & advanced R&D in these regions NVM a key area of investment globally
US CHIPS Act
Semiconductor companies & foundries announce capacity investments over time
| TSMC | Intel | Samsung | Micron |
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| $100B | $40B | $345B | $150B |
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08.23.2022 First 3-year period of double-digit CapEx growth in semi industry since 1995
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| Government Investments & Incentives | Government Investments & Incentives | Government Investments & Incentives |
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| United States | $52B + | 8 new fabs |
| European Union | $43B + | 4 new fabs |
| China | $150B + | 10 new fabs |
| Korea | $260B + | 5 new fabs |
| Taiwan | $120B + | 10 new fabs |
| Japan | $6B + | 5 new fabs |
| India | $10B + | 1 new fab |
| Singapore | $5B + | 1 new fab |
◆ Memory = 35% of fab equipment spending 2022-2023
◆ Memory + foundry represent most of the capacity increases – SEMI, March 2022
Sources: SIA 2/2022, EE Times, 5/2022; Android Headlines 6/2022, FIERCE Electronics Copyright 2022 Weebit Nano, Ltd. 7/2022 and 8/2022; Brookings.edu 8/2022Tom’s Hardware 8/2022; WSJ 8/2022
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Embedded ReRAM market – approaching the tipping point
Embedded ReRAM Market Size 2021 - 2027
Embedded emerging NVM market expected to reach $2.9B by 2027 ReRAM expected market share: 33%
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$957m
ReRAM expected market share: 33%
94%
CAGR Embedded memory is a clear
differentiator for semiconductor
companies
$168m
$18m
8th July 2022
2021 2024 2027
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Source: Yole Emerging Non-Volatile Memory 2022 Note: The embedded emerging NVM market size is evaluated based on assumptions of the average chip area occupied by a given memory technology (Yole)
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The evolution of ReRAM: The Next NVM is Here
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1960s – 2010s 2015 – 2016 2017 – 2018 2019 – 2021 2022 – onwards ReRAM spent Weebit founded Weebit’s first Weebit’s technology Customers requesting decades in research demonstrations of matures ReRAM now Partnering with Leti and development to drive small ReRAM arrays IP productization Weebit ReRAM is until the industry development of Focus on fab First commercial deal industry-qualified, recognized the innovative NVM friendly and easy-toready for production limitations of flash Starting to scale based on 10+ years integrate technology Multiple fabs technology to smaller of research considering Weebit process nodes ReRAM
- Weebit & Leti continue to innovate
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The Weebit ReRAM advantage
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3-4x
100x
Lower added wafer cost Better endurance vs. flash vs. flash
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2-mask adder
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10[5] -10[6] P/E cycles
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Standard materials
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175 ° C
~100x
Reliability for up to 10 years
Faster access time than flash
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Bit/byte addressable
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Endures 9 SMT reflow cycles
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~100x
<40nm
Scales to processes far below limits of flash
More energy efficient vs. flash
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Proven @ 28nm
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Low voltage, low currents
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Scaling to 22nm & below
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Zero standby power
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~350x
0
Better radiation tolerance Interference w/ analog vs. flash[1] & power devices
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Also tolerant to EMI
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Best NVM for PMIC
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& mixed-signal
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1 Refers to ReRAM cell array
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Weebit ReRAM addresses a broad range of application requirements
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| Mixed-Signal / Power Mgmt |
IoT / MCUs | Edge AI | Automotive | Aerospace & Defense |
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| Back-end-of-line tech for easy analog integration | |||||
| Cost-efficiency | |||||
| Ultra-low power consumption | |||||
| Robustness in high temp / extreme environments | |||||
| Scaling advantage at 28nm and below | |||||
| High Endurance | |||||
| Small footprint to store very large arrays | |||||
| Longevity | |||||
| Roadmap to neuromorphic computing |
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Significant progress in last 12 months
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NOV 2022 First production- OCT 2022 fab wafers Final qualification integrating OCT 2022 28nm of ReRAM IP Weebit IP ReRAM selector module. JUN 2022 can achieve high Industrial-grade ReRAM IP densities needed temperatures MAR 2022 module fully for discrete & Started scaling functional, live embedded NOV 2021 the technology demonstration applications Raised further to 22nm FD-SOI OCT 2021 A$35m; well Demonstrated funded to 2024 1Mb ReRAM arrays in 28nm FD-SOI
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On the path towards commercialisation with SkyWater
SkyWater Technology (Nasdaq:SKYT) – the only US-owned pure-play silicon foundry – Taking Weebit ReRAM to volume production
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CEO Coby Hanoch holding a SkyWater wafer November 8, 2022
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September 2021 June 2022 July 2022 Signed agreement Completed Tape-out of technology transfer memory module to US production fab
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First Weebit ReRAM
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November 2022 Received first wafers from manufacturing
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1H 2023 Customer wafers Fully qualified with Weebit memory module ReRAM in mass production
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First silicon wafers integrating Weebit ReRAM received from SkyWater’s U.S. production fab
Major milestone toward commercialisation of Weebit ReRAM at SkyWater
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Manufactured in 130nm CMOS: a sweet spot for analog/ mixed-signal designs
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Wafers will now be sliced into chips, packaged, tested and qualified
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Discussions with potential customers are ramping up as we approach production; strong interest in IoT, power management and mixed-signal ICs
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SkyWater customers can now use chips for testing and prototyping ahead of qualification; can embed Weebit ReRAM IP in new product designs
www.skywatertechnology.com/ip-partner-weebit-nano
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Successfully completed ReRAM memory module qualification
Qualification is a key step for every semiconductor product on each new target process
Qualified wafer lots met JEDEC microelectronics standards for endurance, retention, and SMT reflow at industrial temperatures Results show repeatability, uniformity, and maturity of Weebit’s embedded ReRAM Significant/relevant for other foundries and potential customers Based on results, Weebit is in various stages of discussion & evaluation with several Tier-1 fabs and potential customers Major milestone using ReRAM Weebit and Leti are now qualifying ReRAM module at memory module even higher temperatures and endurance levels – produced required for some advanced applications at CEA-Leti
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ReRAM selector further enhanced to increase target applications
Weebit ReRAM selector now suitable for both embedded and discrete applications
Significantly increases number of target applications
Suitable for future embedded applications that will benefit from higher densities
e.g., edge AI and automotive
Able to achieve high densities needed for discrete chips while using fab-friendly materials and standard tools
Paves the way for selector to be easily integrated into any CMOS fab
Reduces manufacturing costs, complexity
Can enable high-capacity memory arrays while keeping size and power requirements to a minimum
Will enable 3D ReRAM in the future
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Scaling Weebit ReRAM to 22nm
Addresses the need for new NVM at one of the industry’s most common process nodes Designing a full IP memory module targeting an advanced 22nm FD-SOI process
FD-SOI: high performance at very low voltage/ low leakage; broadly adopted by the industry
Weebit ReRAM + FD-SOI is ideal for low-power embedded devices
Rapidly accelerating plans to scale Weebit ReRAM to advanced nodes
Where existing embedded flash technology is no longer a viable option
Serving applications including IoT, 5G and AI Weebit is already discussing smaller geometries with Tier-1 fabs
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Increasing market engagement
Progressing with Tier-1 fabs and customers Tier-1 fabs experiencing increasing demand for advanced NVM; actively looking for suitable solutions Evaluation engagements very detailed and require significant work, but present real potential for expanding Weebit’s commercial activities
Weebit exhibited and spoke at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2022 – largest global conference for the NVM ecosystem Featured two live demonstrations of Weebit ReRAM
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Weebit Nano key targets for FY23
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SkyWater
Fab Partners
Conclude qualification of embedded ReRAM module at SkyWater
Sign an agreement with a Tier-1 fab
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Continue R&D
Automotive
Qualify the technology also Further technical for automotive operating enhancements to the ReRAM conditions cell and selector technologies
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Customers
Close initial customer agreements
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Scaling 22nm
Continue scaling down the technology to 22nm and beyond
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Key takeaways
Weebit ReRAM: The Next NVM is Here!
Weebit is on track Weebit ReRAM has Making strong tech Board & mgmt. to deliver a The industry needs unique advantages; progress: 1[st] wafers have extensive production solution a new Non-Volatile is well positioned to from a production semiconductor across a range of Memory solution replace flash in fab; qualified based commercialisation high-growth various markets on JEDEC standards experience markets
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ReRAM IS HERE
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Disclaimer
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