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The Memory Market Heats Up With SK hynix’s 238-layer 4D NAND

The Memory Market Heats Up With SK hynix’s 238-layer 4D NAND

Last week, Micron launched the production of a 232-layer 3D NAND. Now, SK hynix is claiming "highest 4D NAND flash" at 238 layers.


News Aug 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz
 Peaking at 232 Layers, the Sky’s the Limit for Micron’s 3D NAND

Peaking at 232 Layers, the Sky’s the Limit for Micron’s 3D NAND

The vertically-layered memory technology from Micron marks the industry’s highest areal-density NAND chip.


News Jul 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Unveil Liquid-based Memory Concepts for Mass Storage

Researchers Unveil Liquid-based Memory Concepts for Mass Storage

Researchers at IMEC have divulged two proposed schemes for implementing liquid-based memories. Could they provide a future replacement for NAND flash mass storage?


News Jul 23, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Rambus Spins DDR5 DIMM Interface ICs for Data Center Servers

Rambus Spins DDR5 DIMM Interface ICs for Data Center Servers

Adding SPD (serial presence detect) hub and temperature sensor ICs to its DDR5 portfolio, Rambus now has a complete chipset offering for DDR5 DIMM interfacing.


News Jul 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

A new memory offering from Renesas hopes to speed up memory accesses for IoT applications.


News Jun 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
How Spin-transfer Torque MRAMs May Simplify Embedded Systems

How Spin-transfer Torque MRAMs May Simplify Embedded Systems

New magneto-resistive RAMs are said to simplify embedded designs by eliminating the need for batteries or capacitors.


News May 23, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Pros and Cons of Space-based Flash—Microchip Takes Flash Off to Space

Pros and Cons of Space-based Flash—Microchip Takes Flash Off to Space

Microchip has recently extended its commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) radiation-tolerant technology to flash memory. However, what pros and cons exist for flash memory in space?


News Apr 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
New RRAM Arrays Bypass 1T1R Limitations for Better Non-volatile Memory Solutions

New RRAM Arrays Bypass 1T1R Limitations for Better Non-volatile Memory Solutions

Aiming to kick non-volatile memory to the next level, Weebit Nano demonstrated its first crossbar resistive random-access memory (ReRAM or RRAM) arrays.


News Jan 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz
New Research Suggests Processing-in-Memory Could Revolutionize Analog Computing

New Research Suggests Processing-in-Memory Could Revolutionize Analog Computing

Processing-in-memory is no longer confined to the research realm. Even companies like Samsung and IBM are spearheading the movement toward in-memory computing.


News Dec 23, 2021 by Biljana Ognenova
Three New Memory Technologies Keep Pace With Computing Demands

Three New Memory Technologies Keep Pace With Computing Demands

Three recent announcements reflect what's happening in the memory space—and how it correlates with advances in high-performance computing.


News Dec 17, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
Phase-change Memory Could Open Doors to Better Data Storage and Computing

Phase-change Memory Could Open Doors to Better Data Storage and Computing

Pushing beyond the von Neumann bottleneck can be difficult for memory devices. One option is phase-change memory (PCM) which Stanford and IBM are researching for data storage and computing.


Can 3D NAND Flash Memory Side Step the Challenges of NAND?

Can 3D NAND Flash Memory Side Step the Challenges of NAND?

Traditional NAND often faces power, performance, and cost inefficiencies. NEO Semiconductor has announced recently-patented X-NAND to bypass these limitations.


News Aug 18, 2021 by Ikimi .O
CrossBar Reimagines ReRAM Technology for Physically Unclonable Functions

CrossBar Reimagines ReRAM Technology for Physically Unclonable Functions

As the need for hardware security increases, companies are searching for ways to use PUF. CrossBar claims its newest resistive-RAM technology could be suited for a new class of PUF applications.


News Jul 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Mythic Redefines Edge AI by Combining Analog Processing and Flash Memory

Mythic Redefines Edge AI by Combining Analog Processing and Flash Memory

A seemingly unique and fruitful approach, analog processing has been the key to Mythic AI’s success. Its newest processor could be a hopeful contender in the world of edge computing.


News Jun 07, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Dialog’s New SPI NOR Flash: The Holy Grail of Low-power Memory?

Dialog’s New SPI NOR Flash: The Holy Grail of Low-power Memory?

Chasing low power consumption is the holy grail of IoT design considerations. With that in mind, Dialog introduces their new AT25EU NOR Flash to answer the call.


News Apr 30, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
What’s Trending in Memory Technology in 2021?

What’s Trending in Memory Technology in 2021?

While fabrication grounds to a halt and the electronics supply chain shutters, chip manufacturers and researchers are still hard at work developing better memory technology for enhanced compute potential.


News Apr 08, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Micron Jumps Ship on Once-heralded 3D XPoint Memory, Selling Utah Chip Factory

Micron Jumps Ship on Once-heralded 3D XPoint Memory, Selling Utah Chip Factory

Micron has announced the sale of its Utah chip factory as it ceases production of a once "revolutionary" memory chip developed in partnership with Intel.


News Mar 23, 2021 by Luke James
French Researchers Exploit Non-Idealities of Memristors to Bring AI to the Edge

French Researchers Exploit Non-Idealities of Memristors to Bring AI to the Edge

Keeping with the trend to depart from von Neumann architectures, French researchers have overcome non-ideal properties of memristors to bring Bayesian networks to the edge.


News Jan 23, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Choosing the Right Redriver or Retimer Device to Extend PCIe Protocol Signal Range

Choosing the Right Redriver or Retimer Device to Extend PCIe Protocol Signal Range

Redriver or retimer devices can extend the Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIe®) protocol signal range. This article discusses how to select the best one for compute system and NVMe™ storage applications today and into the future.  


Factors Suppliers Consider Before Sending a Memory Device to Space

Factors Suppliers Consider Before Sending a Memory Device to Space

Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a monumental year for space exploration. And pivotal to each mission's success at the circuit level was radiation-hardened memory devices.


News Dec 21, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau