Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has been chasing a breakthrough memory technology for many years. It's called MRAM, or magnetic random-access memory, and some experts say the technology has the potential to combine the density of conventional computer memory, or DRAM; the speed of SRAM, or static random-access memory; and the nonvolatility of flash. Freescale may be nearing a significant milestone with MRAM. Analyst Doug Freedman with American Technology Research reported last week that the chip maker had just completed an extensive qualification process for MRAM, which indicates it could be on the verge of making commercial chips with the process.
"This could be a big market opportunity," Freedman wrote. Freescale says it will make an announcement on MRAM in the next few weeks
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