Nantero's Schmergel says NRAM production is close

Nantero Inc. (Woburn, Mass.), founded in 2001, has been plowing a painstaking path towards the introduction of its carbon nanotube (CNT) based non-volatile memory technology.

CEO Greg Schmergel said: "Fujitsu is on track for production in 2019. The Mie Fujitsu foundry will be making NRAM for Fujitsu [Semiconductor] and for other customers as well. Fujitsu will start with an embedded implementation of NRAM but could also move on to stand-alone memories.

Nantero also has at least one licensee working at 28nm on a stand-alone 16Gbit DDR4 non-volatile DRAM replacement with a four-layer construction, Schmergel said. "This is much lower power, and at a lower price, than DRAM." Fujitsu will start with an embedded implementation of NRAM but could also move on to stand-alone memories. There is also the option to produce a two-layer 8Gbit NRAM, he added. However, Schmergel said he doesn't expect to see samples for these stand-alone NRAM devices until late 2019.

Schmergel also spoke in detail about applications for the NRAM technology and about future funding requirements. Now read on . . . https://goo.gl/arPTfC