May 2021

Everspin reports its financial results for Q1 2021

Everspin Technologies announced its financial results for Q1 2021. Revenues in the quarter increased 1.7% from last year to $10.3 million. The net loss in the quarter was $0.5 million, and the company reported a positive cash flow (of $1.6 million) for the third consecutive quarter.

Everspin 1Gb STT-MRAM chip photo

Everspin estimates that its Q2 2021 revenues will be in the range of $11 million to $12 million.

Read the full story Posted: May 07,2021

TSMC shows its eMRAM technology roadmap

During a presentation during Persistent Memory Summit, a new slide from TSMC was shown that describes the company's eMRAM roadmap:

TSMC memory roadmap (Persistant Mmemory Summit 2021)

As we already know, TSMC is offering 22nm eMRAM option as an eFlash alternative. The company is also looking to develop 14/12 nm eMRAM option to replace SRAM memory (this is interesting as before it was revealed that the company is developing 16nm MRAM). Finally eMRAM is touted as a possible replacement for configuration memory (eFUSE / OTP / Flash).

Read the full story Posted: May 06,2021

Avalanche starts production of space-grade 16-64Mb STT-MRAM devices

pMTJ STT-MRAM developer Avalanche Technology announced that it is now shipping new space-grade parallel asynchronous x16-interface high-reliability P-SRAM (Persistent SRAM) memory devices, based on its latest STT-MRAM technology.

Avalanche pMTJ STT-MRAM P-SRAM Serial QSPI Evaluation Kit photo

Avalanche says that its STT-MRAM devices are smaller and more efficienct compared to Toggle MRAM based products, currently adopted in aerospace applications. The Parallel x16 Space Grade series is offered in 16Mb, 32Mb and 64Mb density options and has asynchronous SRAM compatible 45ns/45ns read/write timings. All three density options currently in production and available within industry standard lead times.

Read the full story Posted: May 05,2021