MRAM and RRAM Chips are Starting to Move Beyond Niche

• January 7, 2014

New chips could change how we use PCs, enabling the same instant-on capability that is very common in tablets. This new technology would allow for this at much better performance.

PCs today use DRAM to run programs and temporarily store data required by the system and software. The contents of the DRAM are lost when the power goes off, but with MRAM or RRAM it would be possible to instantly resume a computing session even after the machine has been switched off.

Flash memory, commonly found in tablet PCs, already offers persistent storage after the power is removed, but the new chips would out perform flash, according to their developers.

Crossbar says its RRAM will eventually deliver 20 times faster write performance, 20 times less power consumption and 10 times more durability than NAND flash memory. [Computerworld]

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