Semiconductor companies of 20 companies in Japan and the United States jointly developed next-generation memory "MRAM" whose storage capacity is ten times the current memory and power consumption is two thirds, and mass production is clearly achieved

ByChris Sinjakli

currentDRAMIt is expected as a next-generation memory replacingMRAM"We have decided to collaborate with 20 Japanese and US semiconductor development related companies such as Micron · Tokyo Electron and others at Tohoku University" International Integrated Electronics Research and Development Center "which is a research and development base. The Japan-US Semiconductor Union plans to mass-produce MRAM in 2018, and the development of MRAM is expected to accelerate towards mass production, but as it is said, "How does MRAM differ from current memory in the first place? We compiled the difference between current memory and MRAM and the flow of development so far.

Next Generation Semiconductor Rice Micron in Japan and the United States Participation by more than 20 companies: Nihon Keizai Shimbun
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDD23018_T21C13A1MM8000/

Japan, a sense of crisis in hollowing out Next generation semiconductor in Japan and the US: Nikkei newspaper
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDD23052_T21C13A1TJC000/

MRAM production gains momentum as Japanese and US corporate team up - Neowin
http://www.neowin.net/news/mram-production-gains-momentum-as-japanese-and-us-companies-team-up

Currently, semiconductor memories used in smartphones and PCs are mostly DRAMs, and due to the structure, there is a property (stored volatility) in which stored information is lost when power supply is lost. On the other hand, MRAM has a characteristic (nonvolatility) that does not lose stored information even when power supply is cut off because MRAM utilizes the magnetization state for storing information unlike DRAM. It is estimated that by taking advantage of the nonvolatility of MRAM, it is possible to extend the use time of smartphone, for example, from the maximum of tens of hours to hundreds of hours of the present day. In addition, MRAM can increase memory capacity by 10 times and reduce power consumption to two-thirds as compared with DRAM, making it possible to achieve higher functionality and higher performance of mobile terminals such as PCs and smartphones It is expected to be realizable.

ByOsman Kalkavan

MRAM was first disclosed by Toshiba and NEC in 2002, technical ideas were revealed, and with IBMInfineonIt promised commercialization until 2005, but this is not realized, after all, in 2006FreescaleHowever, it sells a 4 MB MRAM chip at 25 dollars (about 2500 yen), so it did not significantly improve its DRAM performance due to its price performance ratio, so its outstanding achievement has not been improved. However, the miniaturization of DRAM has reached a circuit width of 20 nm, making it harder to achieve higher performance, so the need for MRAM development has been increasing more than ever. For this reason, Micron and Tokyo Electron and other US and Japanese semiconductor companies have aimed to establish mass production technology quickly through joint development.

BySteve Jurvetson

In addition to 20 Japanese and US union companies, MRAMSK HynixToshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., which are developing jointly with Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the Union of Japan and the United States will widely call on domestic and overseas semiconductor manufacturers to join MRAM cooperative development projects, It is to rush to establish.

Tohoku University "International Integrated Electronics Research and Development Center" will be opened on 27th November and Professor Endo Tohoku University will take office as Director of the Center. In addition, Tohoku University assumes world demand for MRAM to be 7 trillion yen in 2020, and estimates that the economic effect including devices such as smart phones and related equipment such as manufacturing equipment exceeds 100 trillion yen . By the time the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games celebrate, the transition from DRAM to MRAM will proceed and you will be able to enjoy the Olympics with a higher performance gadget.

ByDaveLawler