April 2011

Crocus announced that they have successfully developed their 2nd generation MRAM products, using SVTC Technologies production ready tools, metrology and infrastructure. Crocus said that they transferred the process to a production foundry.

Crocus says that their MRAM technology can be scalable to 90nm, 65nm and smaller, and offers high speed, reliability, and reduced power consumption.

Researchers from Japan discovered that dilute ferromagnetic oxide materials remain in a ferromagnetic state at room temperature. The team used cobalt-doped titanium dioxide (Co:TiO2) as their study material. This means hat magnetism and conductivity are correlated in thin films of Co:TiO2. Such materials may plan an important role in spintronic devices, including MRAM chips.