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The semiconductor memory market is once facing drastic shortages, mainly due to a surge in AI demand, that is pulling capacity toward HBM, DRAM and NAND solutions. Device makers see lead times increase and prices increased sharply. To understand what is really happening in the market and where MRAM fits into the picture, we spoke with Sean Dougherty of Everspin Technologies.

Sean Dougherty is vice president of sales at Everspin Technologies, where he leads global revenue-generating activities across product sales, foundry services and strategic partnerships. He oversees Everspin’s worldwide sales and application engineering teams, helping customers design next-generation MRAM devices into demanding commercial, industrial, aerospace and other high-reliability applications.

Q: We’re seeing a lot of focus on memory shortages again, especially tied to AI demand. From your perspective, what’s actually happening in the market right now?

What we’re seeing today is different from the last supply crisis. During that period, many were suddenly line-down on many semiconductor products at the same time.

The MRAM industry is growing, as adoption of MRAM memory solutions is on the rise, and new technologies are being developed to increase capacity and performance. Here are some recent and popular news that you may find of interest:

• GlobalFoundries now offers Auto Grade 1 ready eMRAM technology on its FDX platform
• Everspin introduces a new MRAM code and data unified memory for embedded systems
• Avalanche develops a 22 nn process node, as it aims to increase its MRAM memory density by 16X
• Avalanche filed a lawsuit against Everspin, saying it infringes upon 4 of its MRAM patents
• Truth Memory Corporation developed the world's first 8Mb SOT-MRAM 110 nm chip
• Researchers develop the most advanced MRAM free layer to date
• Researchers from Intel and Georgia Tech design a 7 nm SOT-MRAM device
• Renesas introduces the new RA8M2 and RA8D2 MCUs with 1Mb embedded MRAM
• Researchers from TSMC, ITRI, Stanford and YMCT developed a 64-kilobit SOT-MRAM
• TSMC to develop 5 nm MRAM technology in Europe, targeting automotive AI applications
• Researchers demonstrate the world's lowest write power SOT-MRAM device
• Vertical Compute raises 20 million Euro to develop MRAM-based solutions for AI
• Samsung details its eMRAM roadmap with 5 nm expected by 2027
• MRAM-based memory architecture could accelerate AI by a factor of 1000
• Leading the Charge in MRAM: An Interview with Everspin's CEO
• Kioxia and Hynix co-develop the world's smallest 1Selector-1MTJ cell
• IBM's next-gen FlashCore modules to feature Everspin's 1 Gbg STT-MRAM

The MRAM industry is slowing growing, as adoption of MRAM memory solutions is on the rise, and new technologies are being developed to increase capacity and performance. Here are some recent and popular news that you may find of interest:

• Numem to start sampling MRAM chiplets by the end of 2025
• Mycronic acquires MRAM test equipment developer Hprobe
• Researchers demonstrate the world's lowest write power SOT-MRAM device
• Vertical Compute raises 20 million Euro to develop MRAM-based solutions for AI
• Researchers from UNIST design a high-efficiency graphene-based MRAM device
• Samsung details its eMRAM roadmap with 5 nm expected by 2027
• MRAM-based memory architecture could accelerate AI by a factor of 1000
• Everspin awarded a $14.55 million project to provide stable MRAM manufacturing
• Leading the Charge in MRAM: An Interview with Everspin's CEO
• Researchers from IST and Western Digital develop a promising new SOT-MRAM material
• Purdue University team to develop energy efficiency MRAM-based AI
• Kioxia and Hynix co-develop the world's smallest 1Selector-1MTJ cell
• Renesas achieves the world's fastest STT-MRAM random access speed
• IBM's next-gen FlashCore modules to feature Everspin's 1 Gbg STT-MRAM

Here are some recent and popular news that you may find of interest:

• Researchers from UNIST design a high-efficiency graphene-based MRAM device
• Samsung details its eMRAM roadmap with 5 nm expected by 2027
• Everspin and QuickLogic to bring MRAM technology to radiation hardened FPGAs
• MRAM-based memory architecture could accelerate AI by a factor of 1000
• Everspin awarded a $14.55 million project to provide stable MRAM manufacturing
• Leading the Charge in MRAM: An Interview with Everspin's CEO
• Researchers from IST and Western Digital develop a promising new SOT-MRAM material
• Purdue University team to develop energy efficiency MRAM-based AI
• Kioxia and Hynix co-develop the world's smallest 1Selector-1MTJ cell
• Renesas achieves the world's fastest STT-MRAM random access speed
• IBM's next-gen FlashCore modules to feature Everspin's 1 Gbg STT-MRAM
• Researchers say MnPd3 will enable a breakthrough in SOT-MRAM memory devices
• NXP and TSMC to offer 16 nm FinFET automotive embedded MRAM
• Samsung first to demonstrate MRAM-based in-memory computing

Everspin Technologies is at the forefront of the MRAM industry, with a product range that spans Toggle MRAM and STT-MRAM, embedded MRAM IP, more. The company's president and CEO, Sanjeev Aggarwal, was kind enough to answer a few questions we had about the company, it's recent announcements and its future roadmap.

Thank you for your time Sanjeev, we appreciate it. A few days ago, Everspin announced it had received a strategic $14.55 million 2.5-year DoD project to provide continued and stable manufacturing services. Can you share more info? How will that money be allocated, and how will you ensure stable support?

Everspin has partnered with the DoD on various projects to deploy our MRAM technology and fab MRAM products for Defense Industrial Base customers in Chandler, Arizona. The award money will be used to strength the US MRAM manufacturing supply chain.  Everspin will look at its supply chain and mitigate any risks identified. This can include second-sourcing gases and chemicals as well as upgrading processes.  

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Here are some recent and popular news that you may find of interest:

• NETSOL launches stand-alone STT-MRAM, fabricated at Samsung's Foundry
• STT-MRAM developer Numem secured its Series A funding round
• Researchers say MnPd3 will enable a breakthrough in SOT-MRAM memory devices
• NXP and TSMC to offer 16 nm FinFET automotive embedded MRAM
• Everspin launches a new family of SPI interface MRAM products
• Everspin to build a new MRAM production line in Indiana
• Renesas develops 22-nm circuit technologies for embedded STT-MRAM
• Samsung first to demonstrate MRAM-based in-memory computing
• IBM to reveal the world's first 14nm STT-MRAM node
• ITRI and UCLA to co-develop VC-MRAM technologies
• Samsung improves its MRAM performance, to expand target applications
• TSMC shows its eMRAM technology roadmap
• Samsung is progressing towards 14 nm eMRAM

2021 is soon over - and it was another year dominated by the global pandemic - but also with increased MRAM production, adoption and developments.

Here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in 2021, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. TSMC shows its eMRAM technology roadmap (May 6)
2. Samsung improves its MRAM performance, will expand its target applications (Feb 5)
3. New SOT-MRAM device structure can be scaled up and is highly efficient (Aug 9)
4. Avalanche announces new 64Mb industrial x16-interface STT-MRAM memory devices (Sep 29)
5. Orthogonal Spin Transfer MRAM developer Spin Memory liquidates (Jul 15)
6. Everspin reports its financial results for Q1 2021 (May 7)
7. Everspin reported its preliminary Q4 2020 and full-year 2020 financial results (Mar 1)
8. Researchers developed a promising antiferromagnetic MRAM device structure (Jun 27)
9. Lucid Motors adopted Everspin's MRAM in its Lucid Air all-electric sedan (Jun 16)
10. Researchers use stochastic MRAM elements to create highly efficient AI devices (Jul 7)

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Embedded MRAM solutions are now entering the market, as leading foundries Samsung, TSMC and GlobalFoundries are scaling-up and ramping up their solutions.

This has been a slow process, as getting next-generation technologies into large fab is never an easy task, but we are finally seeing these foundries start to offer these technologies to their customers.