2017-03-31 - Vivek Nanda

Memory spike forces IC Insights forecast rework

An unforeseen spike in DRAM and NAND flash ASPs has forced IC Insights to revise its previously slow IC market…

2017-03-14 - University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Light pulse flips magnetic memory cell at record speed

Magnetic tunnel junction is critical to advances beyond Moore’s law, but there is a limitation on how fast the material's…

2017-03-14 - University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Setting new record speed for magnetic tunnel junction

The recent advancement establishes a new means of communication between fibre optics and magnetic devices, according to researchers.

2017-03-13 - Dylan McGrath

nvNITRO operates at 1.5M IOPS with 6μs latency

Initial applications for nvNITRO accelerators include “anywhere you need very fast write speeds coupled with very low latency,” according to…

2017-03-13 - Dylan McGrath

Everspin’s nvNITRO targets evolving MRAM market

Initial nvNITRO accelerators will be available in capacities of a 1GB and 2GB, based on Everspin’s 256Mb DDR3 ST-MRAM.

2017-02-28 - Toshiba

Flash memory adopts 3b-per-cell TLC tech

Toshiba’s 64-layer device with 3b-per-cell TLC BiCS Flash Device bundles 1TB 3D flash memory capacity and performance.

2017-02-07 - Dylan McGrath

MRAM development gains momentum

MRAM is a promising replacement for SRAM, DRAM and flash that are facing serious scaling challenges as the industry moves…

2017-02-07 - Junko Yoshida

Is China ready for a memory chip fab?

With a lack of experienced engineers and equipment, will China’s decision to push into memory semiconductors be successful?

2017-01-19 - Rambus

Rambus, Winbond sign 5-year patent agreement

The collaborative partnership aims to provide critical memory and interface technologies for data centres.

2017-01-17 - Peter Clarke

Crossbar ReRAM chases terabyte non-volatile memory

The ReRAM is showing advantages over flash memory, including read latencies of 20 nanoseconds and write latencies of 12 nanoseconds.