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High-Speed, Low-Power Embedded Dynamic Random Access Memory
White Papers Methods are described to harness the space saving virtues of dynamic random access memory for use in embedded application-specific integrated circuit environments. These methods include new approaches to using decoder trees, self-timing circuits...
[September 20, 2004, 0:00]
IBM, Infineon Show Off Next-gen Memory Progress
News IBM and Infineon will jointly present a paper this week that demonstrates how Magnetic Random Access Memory, one of the leading candidates to replace flash memory in mobile phones, could be ready for commercial production by 2005.
[June 10, 2003, 7:38]
Intersil Powers DDR Memory For Graphics And Computing
White Papers Double Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) is today's memory of choice for desktop PCs, notebooks and graphics cards. As it's name implies, DDR SDRAM operates at a rate double that of previous-generation Random Access...
[October 4, 2004, 0:00]
Memory Makers Ride Out Downturn
News To illustrate the extent of the plunge, take a look at pricing for 128-megabit synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) chips, the most common type of memory used in PCs. Unlike in past cycles, such as in 1995 and 1998, when excess capacity...
[August 8, 2001, 9:09]
New Attack Sheds Light On Virtual Machine Security Flaws
News While cosmic rays can very occasionally cause a random bit in memory to change value, from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0, Govindavajhala decided not to wait. He found that, if he could fill 60 percent of memory with the addresses, a random bit flip would...
[May 14, 2003, 8:05]
ReadyBoost Or ReadyDrag
Blog ReadyBoost relies on memory sticks faster random access speed. The Solid State memory on a memory stick has a faster response time, doesn't have to spin up from idle and accesses random data significantly faster.
[February 15, 2008, 11:30]
Are Doodles The Key To An Effective Search?
News It turns out that "scenery" of this sort is not used by the brain for data visualisation but instead enables visual search and memory, according to Lewis. In one study, people were able to form much better than chance recognition memory for a set...
[October 5, 2004, 9:35]
"SCRAMNet+ Shared Memory - Speed, Determinism, Reliability, And Flexibility For Distributed Real-Time Systems"
White Papers The Shared Common Random Access Memory Network (SCRAMNet+) from Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) meets the unique demands of dedicated real-time systems such as advanced aircraft flight simulators where multiple computers are...
[October 4, 2004, 0:00]
Design Considerations For MRAM
White Papers MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory) technology, based on the use of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJs) as memory elements, is a potentially fast nonvolatile memory technology with very high write endurance.
[July 30, 2007, 0:00]
Infineon Boosts Memory Chip Output
News The German DRAM (dynamic random access memory) maker announced on Monday it has inked a pair of deals with memory chip manufacturers that will boost its capacity by 20,000 wafers per month by 2003. Infineon Technologies, eyeing a recovery in the...
[March 11, 2002, 15:48]
DRAM Pricing - A White Paper
White Papers DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) is the world's best-selling electronic memory technology, commanding over half the total memory market in 2001. It's not the fastest memory available, nor the densest; it uses more power than some technologies...
[September 20, 2004, 0:00]
Powering DDR Memory In Desktop Computers And Datacomm Systems
White Papers Today's desktop computers, along with many routers and switches, employ memory chips known as Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR SDRAM). DDR memory is appealing for hardware designers because it maintains the low cost...
[September 20, 2004, 0:00]
Flash RAM: A Non-Volatile RAM Solution
White Papers Flash RAM, a non-volatile random access memory (RAM) solution, is becoming the memory of choice in printers because it is both inexpensive and easily programmable. Flash technology, now available on dual inline memory modules (DIMMs), can store...
[September 19, 2004, 0:00]
Rapid-Turnaround Characterization Methods For MRAM Development
White Papers Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) technology, based on the use of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJs), holds the promise of improving on the capabilities of existing charge-based memories by offering the combination of nonvolatility, speed, and...
[March 23, 2006, 23:00]
Two-Level BEOL Processing For Rapid Iteration In MRAM Development
White Papers The implementation of Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) hinges on complex magnetic film stacks and several critical steps in Back-End-Of-Line (BEOL) processing. Although intended for use in conjunction with silicon CMOS front-end device drivers...
[March 23, 2006, 23:00]
Hynix Edges Up Memory Makers' Rankings
News Hynix Semiconductor passed Micron Technologies to take over the No.spot in the market for dynamic random access memory during the second quarter, Gartner Dataquest reported on Thursday. Warning bells are already sounding for memory chip vendors...
[July 30, 2004, 14:55]
ProMOS Technologies Achieves High Reliability And Availability With Clustering Technology
White Papers ProMOS opened its third factory in 2006; doubling the number of 12-inch dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips it could produce each month to 45,000. Founded in 1996, Taiwan-based ProMOS Technologies is a leading manufacturer of semiconductor...
[December 13, 2006, 23:00]
Printer Memory
White Papers Although memory technically represents any form of electronic storage, it is used most often to identify fast, temporary forms of storage commonly referred to as random access memory (RAM). Memory is an electronic holding place for instructions and...
[September 20, 2004, 0:00]
Single-Domain Model For Toggle MRAM
White Papers An overview is presented of the use of a single-domain model for developing an understanding of the switching of two coupled magnetic free layers for toggle MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory). The model includes the effects of length, width...
[March 23, 2006, 23:00]
Secure Deletion Of Data From Magnetic And Solid-State Memory
White Papers One avenue of attack is the recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media or random-access memory. With the use of increasingly sophisticated encryption systems, an attacker wishing to gain access to sensitive data is forced to look...
[March 1, 2004, 23:00]
