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Happy birthday DRAM!

On June 4, 1968, Robert Dennard was granted a patent for a single transistor, single capacitor DRAM cell design idea. This doesn’t sound earth-shattering today, but back in the sixties, this was a ...
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3D X-DRAM technology will bring bigger, faster memory by 2026, but there's no way these 512GB modules will sell to consumers

512GB DRAM sounds huge, but don’t hold your breath for consumer availability NEO’s 3D X-DRAM stacks layers sky-high, but price and practicality remain unclear AI and enterprise systems will get the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

DRAM Choices Becoming Central Design Considerations

Chipmakers are paying much closer attention to various DRAM options as they grapple with what goes on-chip or into a package, elevating attached memory to a critical design element that can affect ...
Digi Times

Nanya to invest NT$6.6bn in DRAM design firm PieceMakers for AI memory solutions

Nanya Technology has greenlit a strategic alliance with DRAM design firm PieceMakers Technology, committing up to NT$6.6 billion (US$1.5 million) in a cash capital increase to secure a 38% stake. The ...

DRAM Pivot to AI Data Centers Triggers New Automotive Chip Shortage

To blame is the dynamic random access memory chip, or DRAM for short, the unsung hero that drives everything from touch ...
Electronic Design

Surrounding Gate Transistors May Improve DRAM

DRAM makes up the bulk of non-volatile memory in computer systems. Much has been done lately to mix non-volatile storage with DRAM. However, DRAM’s performance and capacity still win out when it comes ...
InfoWorld

Sony and Qimonda join for DRAM design venture

Sony and German memory chipmaker Qimonda plan to form a joint-venture chip design house to develop DRAM for consumer and graphics devices, the companies said Tuesday. The 50-50 joint venture, called ...
Business Wire

Cadence Spectre FX FastSPICE Simulator Is Adopted by SK Hynix to Accelerate DRAM Design

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that SK hynix Inc. has deployed the Cadence ® Spectre ® FX Simulator for FastSPICE-based functional ...
EDN

Elpida mulls DRAM to replace SRAM in wireless devices

Envisioning an entirely new class of “consumer DRAM” for handheld Internet appliances, Elpida Memory Inc. is mulling a design it said could replace SRAM in cell phones and other wireless mobile ...
Digi Times

Samsung strives to keep pace with competitors in DRAM development

Samsung Electronics has officially denied recent reports suggesting plans to revise the design of its fifth-generation 10nm-class DRAM (1b DRAM), emphasizing that no such changes are underway. Save my ...
EDN

MOSFET design simplifies DRAM

Pierre C. Fazan, Innovative Silicon Solutions, Le Landeron, Switzerland, Serguei Okhonin, Mikhail Nagoga, Jean-Michel Sallese, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Innovative Silicon Solutions, Le ...