ULTRARAM: potential new storage-class memory from the UK
Researchers at the UK’s Lancaster University say they have devised a new ULTRARAM non-volatile memory combining DRAM speed and flash endurance. A spinout company is being setup to try...
3D Point
3D XPoint – Three Dimensional cross (X) Point is a form of solid state storage cell arrangement with a vertically layered cell located in a two-dimensional space and with...
Weebit Nano raises $40M to break ReRAM resistance
Startup Weebit Nano has raised $40 million to boost sales of its ReRAM non-volatile memory.
We call it a startup although it IPO’d on the Australian stock exchange in 2016...
CECT tops SPC-1 for price with Optane SSDs
SPC-1, the performance benchmark dominated by Chinese suppliers, has claimed a new price/performance champion – CECT using 240 Optane SSDs.
The Storage Performance Council’s SPC-1 benchmark measures storage array business-critical...
3D DRAM could be revolutionary – if it works
We have become so used to 3D NAND that we forget how revolutionary it was back in 2013. The idea that you could radically increase the density of a...
New moves in AFA driven by QLC flash
A new chapter is opening in the all-flash storage array (AFA) world as QLC flash enables closer cost comparisons with hybrid flash/disk and disk drive arrays and filers.
There are...
Storage races to innovate in face of data explosion
The whole area of IT storage is buzzing with innovation, as startups and incumbents race to provide the capacity needed in a world exploding with unstructured data. Chatbot technology,...
Disruptive innovation? Storage has heard of it
Analysis Every startup has a holy grail shimmering in front of it: the idea of being a disruptive innovator, upsetting the status quo and becoming a new product class,...
Storage news ticker – July 4
Data protector Acronis has released its Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report, From Innovation to Risk: Managing the Implications of AI-driven Cyberattacks. It found that there were 809 publicly mentioned ransomware cases...
Storage news ticker – July 10
Apple’s coming iPhone 15 could have a memory range of 256GB, 512GB and 1TB, eliminating the 128GB entry point of the iPhone 14, according to Wells Fargo analyst Aaron...
Gartner storage hype cycle has selective memory
Comment: Research house Gartner has published its 2023 storage hype cycle, highlighting the evolving landscape of various technologies in the industry, and some have dropped completely out of sight.
The...
Everspin MRAM revenue growth up by single digits
Everspin, a pioneer in MRAM, recently released its earnings report, shedding light on the progess for the technology.
The company supplies Spin-Transfer Torque Magneto-resistive RAM (STT-MRAM) non-volatile memory devices....