2015 is pretty much over - and this has been another year of slow growth for the MRAM industry. Here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in 2015, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Toshiba shows a new STT-MRAM test chip that consumes about 80% less power than SRAM memory (Mar 7)
2. Keysight Technologies to launch an STT-MRAM test solution product developed in collaboration with Tohoku and the CIES (Mar 17)
3. E2v launches a 32Mb stacked-package MRAM device (Mar 12)
4. STT-MRAM MTJ cells can be used to mimick the human brain's synapses (Apr 25)
5. Everspin appoints a new chief financial officer (Apr 28)
6. Yole sees STT-MRAM as the most suitable technology to start replacing DRAM in 2018 (Feb 8)
7. Avalanche Technology starts to sample 32/64 Mbit STT-MRAM chips (Jul 3)
8. Crocus raised $21 million, has over 250 sensor customers, will break even in Q1 2016 (Jun 19)
9. Everspin raised $29 million from Global Foundries, Western Digital and others (Jan 26)
10. Everspin announces an MRAM-based Arduino-shield evaluation module (Feb 25)

Today we launched MRAM-Info's new design. The changes are not dramatic, but we changed some of the menu system, made the site (hopefully) cleaner and more modern. Most importantly, this design is now mobile-friendly and should prove easier to read on smartphones.

We hope this design will make the site nicer and easier to read, we'll be happy to hear your thoughts and comments!

Back in June 2013 Samsung Electronics launched a global research outreach program aimed towards STT-MRAM innovation. The Samsung Global MRAM Innovation (SGMI) wanted wanted to reach out to colleges, universities and research labs from all over the world to explore breakthrough and innovative STT-MRAM research.

Samsung ran a short ad campaign on MRAM-Info and Spintronics-Info to help discover partners. Samsung informed us that they received lots of best and most novel proposals on a range of compelling research subjects. They are now collaborating with 15 SGMI partners. Hopefully we'll someday hear of the advances made through these collaborations.

Today we launched our very own twitter account. So now anyone can follow us on twitter to get all MRAM news directly to his feed. Just click here for our twitter page.

If you want to stay updated on MRAM news, you can also of course get our email newsletter or follow us on Faceboo or LinkedIn.

I'm happy to announce that MRAM-Info's infrastructure was updated today. MRAM-Info is based on the open-source Drupal CMS, and we updated from version 6 to version 7. As a reader you will not find many differences, but hopefully it will enable a more stable, safe and quick web site.

If you do find any bugs or glitches, please let us know.

2013 is soon over. If you'd like to reflect back, here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in the past year, ranked by popularity:

1. Yole Développement sees the PCM and MRAM markets reaching $1.6 billion in 2018 (Feb 20)
2. Qualcomm and IMEC to jointly research MRAM technologies (Jan 30)
3. Samsung is looking for global STT-MRAM research partners (Jun 4)
4. Sony plans 16Gb ReRAM chips in 2015 (Aug 25)
5. New 3D Spintronics chip could pave the way to high density MRAM (Feb 3)
6. France's MARS project details new MRAM developments (Jul 7)
7. 20 chipmakers from Japan and US to co-develop MRAM (Nov 24)
8. Jusung Engineering to supply MRAM equipment to Crocus's Russia fab (Sep 17)
9. Everspin announces a new MRAM chip with Quad SPI interface (Feb 26)
10. Crocus to develop 8-bit cell MRAM technology for the US IARPA (Apr 10)

I wish all our readers a happy Christmas and a happy new 2014!

Samsung Electronics launched a new global research outreach program aimed towards STT-MRAM innovation. The Samsung Global MRAM Innovation (SGMI) is looking for colleges, universities and research labs from all over the world to explore breakthrough and innovative STT-MRAM research.

Samsung invites submissions for novel ideas on STT-MRAM research - and the selected proposals will receive financial support from Samsung. Samsung will give around $70,000 to $150,000 for one year research (which may be extended for up to three years). They may also offer larger funds for exceptional proposals. The deadline for submission is September 28, 2013.

2012 is soon over, now's the time to reflect back... here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in the past year, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Spin Transfer Technologies appoints Barry Hoberman as chairman and CEO (Nov 18)
2. Interview with Barry Hoberman, Crocus' chief marketing officer (Jan 8)
3. Spin Transfer Technologies raised $36 million to accelerate its OST-MRAM technology development (Feb 14)
4. Everspin - Dell and LSI uses MRAM in RAID controllers (Jan 18)
5. NVE sues Everspin over 3 MRAM patents (Jan 4)
6. Everspin to ship 5 million MRAM chips in 2012, have over 300 customers, 250 design wins (Jan 12)
7. Aeroflex launches 16MBit and 64MBit MRAM chips, based on Everspin's technology (Jul 5)
8. Buffalo introduces new SSDs that use MRAM cache (May 10)
9. A*STAR patents low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding with soft decision decoding for STT-MRAM devices (Mar 15)
10. New magnetic electric switch could double MRAM density (Mar 1)

Here's for an awesome 2013. May you all enjoy the holidays!

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Our site represents a great opportunity to expose your MRAM related products or services, as not many publications are focused on this technology. We offer several ad options, and we'll be happy to extend a special discount till the end of 2012 - if you order a thee-months campaign, we'll give you one month free. When ordering a six month campaign we'll give you two :-)

In the holidays and end-of-the-year spirit, here are the top 10 stories posted on MRAM-Info in 2011, ranked by popularity (i.e. how many people read the story):

1. Toshiba report STT-MRAM advances, expects gigabit chips within 3-4 years (Jul 6)
2. Updates from Spingate, working on a 4Gbit pS-MRAM chip design (Mar 31)
3. BMW uses new automotive-temperate Everspin MRAM in their S-1000RR super bike (Feb 28)
4. Crocus develops their 2nd-gen MRAM tech, to produce 90nm MRAM chips in Russia? (Apr 28)
5. Everspin: we shipped over 1.5 million MRAM chips, will sell over 4.5 million in 2011 (Mar 8)
6. NVE reports on MRAM research and plans (Jan 21)
7. Rusnano $125 million MRAM investment with Crocus confirmed (May 17)
8. Toshiba and Hynix to co-develop and produce MRAM products (Jul 13)
9. Everspin sees rapid growth in MRAM sales, expands distribution network (May 26)
10. Researchers develop faster MRAM technology, seek to commercialize it (Mar 9)

Here's for an awesome 2012. May you all enjoy the holidays!