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ISSCC 2024: Samsung Doubles DDR5 Capacity With Symmetric-Mosaic Architecture

ISSCC 2024: Samsung Doubles DDR5 Capacity With Symmetric-Mosaic Architecture

In our final ISSCC spotlight, we explore Samsung's paper on a high-capacity, high-speed DDR5 memory that implements a monolithic-die-based 32-Gb DDR5 with 8 Gb/s/pin—all without leaving the 10 nm process.


News Feb 27, 2024 by Duane Benson
Kioxia First to Release UFS 4.0 Embedded Flash Memory for Automotive

Kioxia First to Release UFS 4.0 Embedded Flash Memory for Automotive

The company’s UFS 4.0 solution meets AEC-Q100 Grade 2 requirements.


News Feb 01, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Rambus Improves DDR5 Transfer Speeds By 50% With New RCD

Rambus Improves DDR5 Transfer Speeds By 50% With New RCD

Rambus' latest registering clock driver inches DDR5 memory closer to data center-level performance.


News Jan 02, 2024 by Aaron Carman
SOT-MRAM May Soon Contend With SRAM for Cache Memory

SOT-MRAM May Soon Contend With SRAM for Cache Memory

Memory at both the HPC and edge levels may get a big leg up with help from magnetics.


News Dec 22, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Two Companies Use MEMS to Cool the ‘World’s Fastest Compact SSD’

Two Companies Use MEMS to Cool the ‘World’s Fastest Compact SSD’

At this year's Flash Memory Summit, two companies combined their respective cooling technology and SSD controllers to unlock unprecedented storage performance.


News Aug 29, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Flash Memory Summit Presenters Pitch Solutions to Hiking Memory Demands

Flash Memory Summit Presenters Pitch Solutions to Hiking Memory Demands

Here are three announcements from the 2023 Flash Memory Summit that reflect some of the biggest trends in memory and storage technology.


News Aug 18, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Over a Year Into HBM3, Micron Claims New Win for the Memory Standard

Over a Year Into HBM3, Micron Claims New Win for the Memory Standard

Micron aims to strike a balance of high bandwidth, power efficiency, and speed with its latest generation of high-bandwidth memory (HBM3) technology.


News Jul 31, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Infineon Welcomes New Devices to Fleet of Automotive Ferroelectric RAM

Infineon Welcomes New Devices to Fleet of Automotive Ferroelectric RAM

Rising to meet the automotive sector’s need for a long memory lifetime and fast data logging, Infineon has introduced two new FRAM devices.


News Jul 20, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Inspired by Synapses, Researchers Improve Resistive Switching Memory

Inspired by Synapses, Researchers Improve Resistive Switching Memory

The team has claimed to solve a common problem in conventional resistive switching memories by introducing a chemical element: barium.


News Jun 30, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).


News May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
NAND-like ‘3D X-DRAM’ Aimed to Revolutionize the Memory Industry

NAND-like ‘3D X-DRAM’ Aimed to Revolutionize the Memory Industry

Neo Semiconductor has unveiled the so-called world's first NAND-like DRAM for memory-intensive applications.


News May 11, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Weebit Nano Secures $40 Million to Accelerate ReRAM Development

Weebit Nano Secures $40 Million to Accelerate ReRAM Development

With new capital, Weebit Nano is poised to continue development of ReRAM for improved memory technology.


News May 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

To meet the new demands of automotive zonal architectures, Infineon marries flash memory with an LPDDR interface to enable more performance and scalability than xSPI NOR flash.


News Apr 20, 2023 by Jeff Child
Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

At Embedded World this week, AMD has unveiled its 4th-gen EPYX Embedded processors. The chips offer energy efficiency along with some embedded-specific features.


News Mar 15, 2023 by Jeff Child
STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

The new cloud-based version includes a GitHub-based model resource, and remote access to a “board farm” to remotely benchmark edge-AI models on STM32 MCU boards.


News Jan 31, 2023 by Jeff Child
Happy 75th Birthday to the Transistor—the Device That Changed the World

Happy 75th Birthday to the Transistor—the Device That Changed the World

75 years ago, the transistor was born. Its invention launched modern electronics as it moved from the building block of ICs, then microprocessors, and beyond.


News Dec 23, 2022 by Jeff Child
Intel Reveals Plans for a Trillion-transistor Processor by 2030

Intel Reveals Plans for a Trillion-transistor Processor by 2030

At IEDM 2022, Intel tipped its ambitions to build a processor comprising one trillion transistors by 2030.


News Dec 12, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
MCU Advances Focus on Neural Processing, RRAM, and Payment Security

MCU Advances Focus on Neural Processing, RRAM, and Payment Security

MCU vendors continue to up their game. Latest chips serve up neural processing for the edge, innovations in on-chip non-volatile memory, and tech for secure biometric card payments.


News Dec 10, 2022 by Jeff Child
Historical Engineers: Dr. Fujio Masuoka, the Unsung Father of Flash

Historical Engineers: Dr. Fujio Masuoka, the Unsung Father of Flash

For the 35th anniversary of the invention of flash memory, here is a commemoration of the Father of Flash.


News Dec 02, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
TSMC to Make 3nm Semiconductors at Arizona Fab

TSMC to Make 3nm Semiconductors at Arizona Fab

To meet worldwide demands, the largest semiconductor manufacturers are ramping up capacity. Among them, TSMC plans to build 3nm chips at its Arizona fab.


News Nov 28, 2022 by Lianne Frith