Memory
Global Mobile DRAM revenue grew 20% in 4Q 2016, as per DRAMeXchange
The growing computing ability of smart phone and its dependence on higher DRAM capacity, is enabling the growth of mobile DRAM market. DRAM market research expert DRAMeXchange, says the global mobile DRAM revenue for the fourth quarter of 2016 increased by about 20% sequentially to reach around
4 min readUMC is a foundry partner for Panasonic in making Resistive RAM
Panasonic Semiconductor has partnered with Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry UMC to design and mass-produce the latest disruptive flash memory alternative resistive RAM (ReRAM). Panasonic Semiconductor started ReRAM mass production using a 180nm process in 2013, and it's also selling 8-bit micro
2 min readX-CEO of Sandisk is appointed as CEO and President of Micron
Semiconductor memory chip maker Micron Technology has appointed Sanjay Mehrotra as president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors, effective May 8, 2017. Mehrotra succeeds Mark Durcan. "Sanjay has an outstanding track record of business success and exceptional knowle
2 min readCypress electron-locking flash memory tech gets mass produced at UMC
Cypress Semiconductor said it has started volume shipments of microcontrollers (MCUs) containing its proprietary 40nm Embedded Charge-Trap (eCT) Flash manufactured at Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry UMC. It was result of a multi-year collaboration between Cypress and UMC in integrating Cypress’s
3 min readChina based Shannon launches first 12.8TB PCIe SSD
The china based Shannon Systems has launched world’s first 12.8TB PCIe SSD drive, Direct-IO G4i. The customer Of Shannon who has already deployed this PCIe SSD product is China's leading B2B portal Alibaba and it able to handle more intensive and larger workloads during peak times, serving more tha
2 min readMicron completes acquisition of Inotera Memories
Micron Technology has completed the acquisition of Inotera Memories, Inc. Micron acquired Inotera for approximately $4.0 billion. "We are excited to finalize the Inotera acquisition which will generate significant financial and strategic benefits for the company," said Micron CEO Mark Durcan. "We
1 min readA new method by Fujitsu enables 2x response writing speed in flash storage
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the development of high-speed in-memory data deduplication technology for all flash devices which enables the production of storage systems with up to twice the response speed when writing data compared to previous methods. These flash arrays are large scale an
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40nm Resistive RAM from 4DS on par with 3D Flash memory
Flash memory vendors are trying hard make flash memory chips further denser, while other disruptive nonvolatile memory technologies are fast emerging. Some of the start-ups in the areas such as resistive random access memory (ReRAM) are continuously pushing the boundary of performance so that they c
6 min readDRAM contract prices forecasted to see another q-o-q 10% growth
DRAM contract prices to rise over 10% sequentially in fourth quarter as memory demand stays hot, says TrendForce. DRAMeXchange latest analysis on DRAM mirrors the contexts of the demand growth of computers and wireless. It projects an example of the market scenario in china where smartphone brand
5 min readJEDEC approves 2016 SPD enhancement for DDR4/DDR4E and LPDDR3/LPDDR4
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced that its JC-45 Committee has approved the 2016 annual release of codes for the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) for DDR4/DDR4E and for LPDDR3/LPDDR4. The SPD is an EEPROM present on all JEDEC standard memory modules that contains codes read by the
2 min readCraving for memory, here is 256 GB MicroSD card from Samsung
The world's leading semiconductor memory manufacturer Samsung has launched Flash memory MicroSD card with a capacity of 256 GB. The EVO Plus 256GB targets those users who use latest smartphones and tablet with high-definition 4K video recording, high-resolution photography and graphic intensive mult
2 min readIDT's DDR4 memory interface devices qualified for DIMMs on Intel Xeon
Integrated Device Technology' memory interface devices 4RCD0124K register, 4DB0226KA3 data buffer and TSE2004 temperature sensor components are fully qualified for DIMM applications on Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family-based server and storage systems. “Mission #1 for IDT is to push
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