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2020 Chip Market Year in Review: DRAM Comes Out on Top

2020 Chip Market Year in Review: DRAM Comes Out on Top

According to IC Insights, DRAM was the biggest IC product category for 2020 with sales of $65.2 billion, followed by NAND coming in second at $55.2 billion.


News Dec 10, 2020 by Luke James
Micron Takes 3D NAND to Towering New Heights— 176 Layers to Be Exact

Micron Takes 3D NAND to Towering New Heights— 176 Layers to Be Exact

In what the company has described as a breakthrough in flash memory, performance, and density, Micron has shipped the world’s first 176-layer 3D NAND.


News Nov 17, 2020 by Luke James
As 5G Begins and Moore’s Law Ends, Multichip Packaging May Be a Memory Solution

As 5G Begins and Moore’s Law Ends, Multichip Packaging May Be a Memory Solution

As 5G speed and storage demands collide with the end of Moore's law, chipmakers are turning to multichip packaging to save space and power.


News Oct 26, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
SK Hynix to Acquire Intel’s NAND Memory Business

SK Hynix to Acquire Intel’s NAND Memory Business

US chipmaker Intel is selling part of its NAND memory chip business to SK Hynix for $9 billion in a deal that will see the South Korean semiconductor supplier become the world’s second-largest flash memory chipmaker.


News Oct 22, 2020 by Luke James
Non-Volatile Memory Surges Ahead as Arm Spin-Off Develops CeRAM and FeFETs

Non-Volatile Memory Surges Ahead as Arm Spin-Off Develops CeRAM and FeFETs

This week, Arm announced that it will transfer its entire CeRAM IP portfolio to a new spin-out from the company, Cerfe Labs, while taking minority ownership stake in the new company.


News Oct 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Open-Source NVMe Controller Tech Can Help Academics Develop Memory Devices

Open-Source NVMe Controller Tech Can Help Academics Develop Memory Devices

NVMe controller technology can be difficult and expensive for academics to get their hands on. Now, a new open-source option may help EE students prototype new storage devices.


News Sep 22, 2020 by Luke James
Microchip Releases the Largest Capacity EEPROM Chip Available to the Market

Microchip Releases the Largest Capacity EEPROM Chip Available to the Market

This week, Microchip announced the release of a 4Mbit EEPROM chip—more than double the capacity of the previous largest on the market.


News Aug 26, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Using a Supervisory Circuit to Turn a Conventional SRAM into Fast Non-Volatile Memory

Using a Supervisory Circuit to Turn a Conventional SRAM into Fast Non-Volatile Memory

How can you build a fast non-volatile memory from a conventional SRAM? It turns out, you only need a back-up battery and some control circuitry.


How Does Non-Volatile Memory Express Reach Such High Data Transfer Rates?

How Does Non-Volatile Memory Express Reach Such High Data Transfer Rates?

Using PCIe protocols, NVMe addresses the issue of data rate bottlenecks—proving to be even faster than SAS and SATA protocols purpose-built for hard disk drives.


News Aug 11, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Army-Funded Research Makes Breakthrough in Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Army-Funded Research Makes Breakthrough in Non-Volatile Memory Technology

Using van der Waals materials, USC researchers have made a breakthrough in non-volatile memory based on ferroelectric tunnel junctions.


News Jul 27, 2020 by Jake Hertz
JEDEC Releases DDR5 Standards—And the Push for Widespread DDR5 Adoption is On

JEDEC Releases DDR5 Standards—And the Push for Widespread DDR5 Adoption is On

The new DDR5 standards may revolutionize the modern data center.


News Jul 23, 2020 by Jake Hertz
A Flower-Shaped Magnetic Process Opens Doors for Energy-Efficient Memory Devices

A Flower-Shaped Magnetic Process Opens Doors for Energy-Efficient Memory Devices

What is magnetic skyrmion? And how might it be a key to more power-efficient magnetic memory?


News Jul 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Hackers Often Target Flash Memory. New NOR Flash Devices Introduce Extra Layers of Protection

Hackers Often Target Flash Memory. New NOR Flash Devices Introduce Extra Layers of Protection

In a move that shows the power of the Infineon-Cypress duo, the companies introduce what they term the "world’s most advanced, secured NOR Flash memory."


News Jun 16, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Micron Goes Open Source With Its Heterogeneous Memory Storage Engine

Micron Goes Open Source With Its Heterogeneous Memory Storage Engine

How does Micron's hefty memory hardware portfolio qualify them for this shift?


News Apr 29, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
Ferroelectric and Antiferromagnetic Memory: A Solution to AI Data Storage Challenges

Ferroelectric and Antiferromagnetic Memory: A Solution to AI Data Storage Challenges

Effectively storing data remains a key issue in modern information systems and a challenge for electronics engineers who need to design devices with the thought of robust data storage as a primary concern.


News Apr 15, 2020 by Biljana Ognenova
DRAM, SRAM, FLASH, and a New Form of NVRAM: What’s the Difference?

DRAM, SRAM, FLASH, and a New Form of NVRAM: What’s the Difference?

In this article, we will look at a proposed non-volatile DRAM and how it compares to current memory technologies.


News Feb 14, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
NXP Kicks Off Low-power Family of MCUs for IoT Applications

NXP Kicks Off Low-power Family of MCUs for IoT Applications

The K32 L2 MCUs are based on the Arm Cortex-M0+ core and feature multiple low-power modes.


News Dec 24, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
IoT Roundup: New Wireless Protocols Extend Coverage and Memory

IoT Roundup: New Wireless Protocols Extend Coverage and Memory

As smart technology grows, developers are looking for more flexible network protocols. Here are some ways companies are combining, developing, or expanding protocols to broaden IoT applications.


News Oct 10, 2019 by Hannah DeTavis
Toshiba Provides Alternative to NOR Memory with New Family of SLC NAND Devices

Toshiba Provides Alternative to NOR Memory with New Family of SLC NAND Devices

Toshiba's newest family of SLC NAND memory products focuses on high transfer rates and providing an alternative to NOR memory.


News Sep 27, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Embedded Firmware Tips: How to Initialize Arrays in C with Signal Waveforms and Other File Data

Embedded Firmware Tips: How to Initialize Arrays in C with Signal Waveforms and Other File Data

This article shows how to initialize arrays in a C program with values from text files.