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The current DRAM standard, DDR3, was launched in 2007, and it has been the primary memory chip used in a wide range of computing devices for most of that time. But change is coming, at last.

Eight-year-old Spin Memory, based in Fremont, California, is advancing the state of the art in a form of computer-memory chip known as "MRAM," for "magnetoresistive random access memory." ...

A new type of universal computer memory - ULTRARAM™ ... (2021, March 29). First steps towards revolutionary ULTRARAM™ memory chips. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, ...

China’s action is notable because memory chips have become increasingly important in recent years; they constituted about ten percent of the the industry in 2000, but today they are over 25 percent.

SEOUL—Memory-chip prices, which dropped steeply over the past year, are expected to keep falling in the first half of 2023, putting more pressure on an industry that has already cut investments ...

Shares of Micron Technology Inc., the largest US maker of computer memory chips, fell after the company reported that margins will miss analysts’ estimates this quarter. Micron’s gross margins ...

Don: Computer chips are like tiny brains or memory receptacles. This makes them important for pretty much everything in modern life. The obvious places are electronics like computers, ...

Cambridge scientists have developed a new prototype for computer memory that could make for faster chips that could hold up to 100 times more data. The system is made up of barium bridges between ...