We are happy to announce a new Metalgrass knowledge hub, MicroLED-Info.com. This new site will focus on Micro-LED display technology and its future market. MicroLED is quickly becoming a promising future display technology.

Many expect the first Micro-LED devices to hit the market in the very near future, with first applications in the wearable market - and also in HUDs and HMDs. MicroLED promise great performance, very high efficiency and brightness - but of course there are still many technical challenges ahead.

2016 is soon over - and this was a very exciting year for the MRAM industry. Everspin floated on the Nasdaq and started sampling 256Mb STT-MRAM chips, other companies also announced and launched MRAM devices, and IBM announced that the "time for STT-MRAM is now". Interest in MRAM technologies is certainly on the rise!

Here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in 2016, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

• IBM demonstrated 11nm STT-MRAM junction, says "time for STT-MRAM is now" (Jul 8)
• Everspin starts sampling 256Mb ST-MRAM chips, plans 1Gb chips by the end of 2016 (Apr 15)
• Samsung will be ready with MRAM chips "soon" (Apr 21)
• Researchers suggest and demonstrate a new scheme of spin-orbit-torque (SOT) induced magnetization switching (Mar 22)
• IBM demonstrates Everspin's ST-MRAM in its ConTutto platform in a Power8 system (Apr 9)
• New etching process developed specifically for MRAM production (Mar 6)
• Everspin starts shipping perpendicular-MTJ based ST-MRAM chip samples (Aug 9)
• Researchers developed a spin-orbit torque based device, an alternative to STT (Jul 22)
• New logo and updated design (Jan 8)
• Spin Transfer Technologies produced working 60-nm STT-MRAM prototypes (Feb 4)

2016 will soon come to an end, and we are getting ready to summarize another interesting spintronics year. One year ago we posted the top MRAM stories in 2015, and you can see the list below again:

1. Toshiba shows a new STT-MRAM test chip that consumes about 80% less power than SRAM memory
2. Keysight Technologies to launch an STT-MRAM test solution product developed in collaboration with Tohoku and the CIES
3. E2v launches a 32Mb stacked-package MRAM device
4. STT-MRAM MTJ cells can be used to mimick the human brain's synapses
5. Everspin appoints a new chief financial officer
6. Yole sees STT-MRAM as the most suitable technology to start replacing DRAM in 2018
7. Avalanche Technology starts to sample 32/64 Mbit STT-MRAM chips
8. Crocus raised $21 million, has over 250 sensor customers, will break even in Q1 2016
9. Everspin raised $29 million from Global Foundries, Western Digital and others
10. Everspin announces an MRAM-based Arduino-shield evaluation module

What will be the most popular MRAM stories in 2016? We will soon post our yearly review, stay tuned!

Capres A/S was established in 1999 in Denmark to develop a unique probe technology designed for in-line production monitoring in the semiconductor industry. The company, in collaboration with IBM, developed a resistivity measurement technique to characterize MTJ stacks.

Bo Svarrer Hansen, the company's CEO since 2002, was kind enough to answers a few questions we had, and share with us his views on the MRAM market and the company's measurement systems for MRAM and STT-MRAM device developers.

Q: Can you update us on Capres' current offers to the MRAM industry?

Capres customers are using our CIPTech® tools for R&D on small samples as well as volume production on 300 mm wafers. Depending on the configuration the tools measure with an in- plane or an out- of- plane magnetic field on blanket as well as patterned wafers.

Here at MRAM-Info we've been following the MRAM market for over 12 years. The MRAM market have seen its share of hypes and disillusionments, but it now seems that the market is actually accelerating, with memory makers such as IBM, Samsung and others stating that the time for MRAM is "near" and 256Mb and 1Gb chips entering the market.

MRAM-Info offers several easy ways to stay updated on the latest MRAM news. The easiest way is probably to subscribe to our weekly newsletter - you can do so here. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.

STT-MRAM is the second generation MRAM technology, and it seems that most companies are focused on STT-MRAM (rather than Toggle MRAM) in their MRAM development efforts. Check out our new article that gives an introduction to STT-MRAM and the current market status.

We are happy to invite all our readers to follow the new MRAM-Info LinkedIn company page. LinkedIn is a great place to meet and find new professionals. If you follow the new company page, you will get MRAM updates directly to your feed, and also be able to connect to other MRAM professionals.

In addition to the company page, we have also setup a new MRAM interest group - which will hopefully become a new forum for discussions and an exchange of knowledge, news and opinions. All focused on MRAM, of course. Join our new group now!

MRAM-Info has been providing objective and up-to-date MRAM market news, as well as in-depth articles and commentary for over 10 years. We are now happy to offer the opportunity to embed our MRAM news directly in your web site, at no cost.

If you're looking to enrich the experience of your web site visitors, our market news can grant them a glimpse into MRAM technology, news and market status.

For more information on how to embed our news, click here, or contact us and we'll be happy to support you. This is a simple, pain-free process!

Here's an example widget, showing how this can look in your site:

MRAM-Info has been focused on MRAM technologies for over 10 years, and the technology has advanced a lot since then, with over 60 million chips produced and growing densities. A new memory technology is now starting to enter the market as well - RRAM, or Resistive RAM, which is based on memristors, materials that change their resistance.

RRAM is promising storage-memory candidate, and we are happy to announce the launch of a new site dedicated to this technology, RRAM-Info.com. We will post daily news, commentary and updates about RRAM memory technologies. This is certainly a technology that all memory professionals should be aware of! You can subscribe to our weekly RRAM newsletter here - and if you have not done so already, be sure to also signup for our free MRAM newsletter!

Today we're happy to finally finish the re-design effort we started in November last year, and MRAM-Info now has a new logo and background, to complement the new responsive design. We like it a lot, we hope you do too! :-)

Here's for a happy 2016, one with exciting and positive MRAM news!