Samsung and IBM partner to develop NAND flash, DRAM alternative

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Samsung has seen
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, though that
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, but the company
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that has proven it is the better option of the two with faster read/write speeds. Now, though, the company that
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has partnered with IBM to break another inevitable trend: that of
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dependence.

Samsung and IBM have published a paper detailing their advancements in Spin-Transfer Torque Magnetoresistive RAM (or STT MRAM) that has resulted in smaller-sized chips to be used in wearables and IoT devices. STT MRAM is small and can fit inside wearables (which are relatively small when compared with most high-end electronics), uses zero power when idle due to its resistance, and can likely outlast current memory chips. STT MRAM also boasts faster read/write speeds, with NAND flash requiring 1 microsecond to write data as opposed to STT MRAM’s 10 nanoseconds. This new MRAM development could result in the eventual replacement of
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, despite the fact that upcoming devices such as Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7
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. While DRAM replacement may take a while, embedded flash could be substituted in a much quicker fashion.

You can find out more about STT MRAM and its potential at the link below.

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