August 2015

Everspin and Aupera unveiled the world's first all-MRAM storage module in the M.2 form factor. Aupera's AupM001 is an M.2 MRAM module that incorporates Evespin's 64Mbit EMD3D064M ST-MRAM chips and a PCIe backhaul interface to enable higher-performing flash array systems.

AupM001's initial capacity is 32 MB, with higher capacities coming soon. AupM001 is currently used in Aupera’s All Flash Array system for parity check and as a hardware accelerated engine for specific applications that require low latency and high performance.

Scientists at Rice University have created a solid-state memory technology based on graphene and tantalum oxide (a common insulator in electronics) that allows for high-density storage with a minimum occurrence of computer errors.

The new devices require only two electrodes per circuit, making them simpler than present-day flash memories that use three. The new design is also said to require 100 times less energy than present devices. It is a new way to make nonvolatile computer memories - memories that hold their data even when the power is off, unlike volatile random-access computer memories that lose their contents when the machine is shut down.