Formation of storage networking association
22 September, 2003The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has approved the formation of SNIA (Australia and New Zealand) Ltd as a regional affiliate. The organisation will develop educational and marketing programs to promote the use of storage networking solutions to IT professionals via the working together of vendors, developers and integrators.
Faster FeRAM on the way
03 September, 2003Epson is developing a ferroelectric material for ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM), a next generation type of memory. The new material has been tentatively named PZTN.
Higher electronic storage capacities
03 June, 2003Texas Instruments has announced that it is working with Cornice Inc on a 1.5 GB storage element (SE). The SE, a 2.54 cm, high-capacity, embedded storage device, is designed to bring low cost storage solutions to portable consumer electronics devices such as MP3 players, PDAs, digital video recorders and players and handheld gaming devices.
Joint development of high density flash memory
04 December, 2002Macronix, Taiwan has announced an agreement with Mitsubishi Electric which covers 0.15 um DINOR Flash technology development, joint design of product and wafer manufacturing.
Security Standard for Flash Memory Cards
01 August, 2002Sandisk and Toshiba have announced the creation of a mobile commerce (MC) extension standard for flash memory cards. The standard will enable the implementation of security functions in addition to the standard memory features that are already supported by such cards.
Memory price rises to continue
27 March, 2002The memory market looks set to be more stable and profitable in 2002, and this could mean higher prices.
DRAM prices will continue to rise
21 March, 2002Citing a dramatic increase in average selling prices coupled with a slight increase in consumer demand for PC memory upgrades, market research company iSuppli has raised its forecast for the DRAM market.
Mobile technology requires new memory
19 March, 2002Recent advances in mobile phone technology have generated demand for memory with high levels of functionality and capacity. However, there is no standardisation in the packaging of the chips that power them.
Embedded memory to grow
14 January, 2002Worldwide revenues for high-complexity, cell-based designs, containing at least one or more blocks of embedded flash, are forecast to experience a compound annual growth rate of 26% from 2000 to 2005, according to Cahners In-Stat.
Magnetism to increase computer memory
10 September, 2001Magnetic materials, built up as multi-layered sandwiches with successive layers only a few atoms thick, are giving computers larger memories. By building up sandwiches of magnetic and non-magnetic materials one layer of atoms at a time, it is possible to manipulate, enhance and control the magnetic properties of such sandwiches with extraordinary precision.
Griffith University expands hard drive capacity
06 September, 2001Computer hard drives look set to hold up to 1000 times more data, thanks to research at Griffith University using nanotechnology, the science of miniature machines.
Memory card production begins
09 July, 2001SanDisk and Toshiba America Components state that their FlashVision fabrication (fab)plant has gone into production of advanced flash memories.
256 kMRAM universal memory chip unveiled
07 February, 2001Motorola Labs, partnering with the DigitalDNA Laboratories of the Semiconductor Products Sector, has disclosed an industry milestone in developing MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory).
