Research companies

Spingate is a new US-based fabless company focusing on development, licensing and manufacturing of solid state memory, specifically, perpendicular MRAM. Spingate are currently working on cell design development and optimization, and is looking for investors.

In November 2009 we have talked to Dr. Alex Shukh, Spingate's co-founder, CTO and CEO, and he explains Spingate's technology and plan a little more.

Toshiba is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.

Toshiba has an active MRAM research program, focusing on Perpendicular STT-RAM. 

Toshiba's web page

Avalanche is a starup-company founded in 2006 and based in California, US. Avalanche plans to commercialze standalone 65nm STT-RAM by 2011.

Avalanche's web site

Founded in 2004, MagSil Corporation headquartered in Silicon Valley is developing a revolutionary MRAM. MagSil's tech relies only on using industry proven equipment, processes and materials.

There's currently very little information about MagSil.

MagSil's web page

EverSpin was spinned-off Freescale in June 2008. Freescale gave all its MRAM IP, and the company raised 20M$ from several venture companies.

EverSpin operates in a portion of Freescale's Chandler (Arizona, US) semiconductor foundry and take on about 50 existing company employees who were associated with the MRAM technology.

EverSpin is the only company currently offering MRAM chips (4Mbit, 16Mbit). They list Airbus and Siemens amongst their customers.

Read the latest EverSpin news [click here for previous Freescale related news]

EverSpin's web page

Spin Transfer Technologies (STT) is developing novel magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices for non-volatile computer memory. This class of memory devices utilizes a quantum mechanical effect known as spin transfer to manipulate magnetic orientations over small distances. STT has been established by NYU and Allied Minds.

STT's web site 

Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing company, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.

Honeywell has an advanced MRAM research program, and in July 2005 they posted a 1-Mbit Rad-Hard MRAM module data sheet. Honeywell is an NVE's licensee.

Honeywell's web site

Northern Lights Semiconductor Corporation is located in Plymouth, Minnesota, and it was founded and incorporated in 2003. NLSC designs, manufactures and markets high-density EMRAM (ElectroMagnetoresistive RAM) ICs for both embedded and non-embedded applications.
NLSC has developed a family of parallel and serial standalone EMRAM devices with storage densities ranging from 4Kb to 1Mb. NLSC also offers embedded EMRAM (eEMRAM) up to 1Mb for ASIC and SoC, and it is also developing 16Mb EMRAM. It serves customers in a variety of industries and markets including computer, computer peripheral, communication, consumer and industrial markets.

Northern light's web page

Micromem has focused the last 5 years on the development of an MRAM memory. The memory will be suitable for various applications including Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. The company's first market objective will be the RFID sector.
Micromem trades in the NASDAQ (ticker is MMTIF.OB).

Micromem's web page 

IBM is one of the largest technology companies in the world, involved in Hardware, software, services and research. IBM has produced more research breakthroughs than any other company in the IT industry. IBM is one of the MRAM pioneers, and are working on MRAM together with Infineon.

IBM trades in the NYSE (ticker is IBM).

IBM's web page