Hardware

Everspin, the only company shipping production quantities of magnetic RAM chips, recently announced it had tripled its orders in 2011. Magnetic RAM chips work like permanent flash memory chips but with the speed of dynamic RAM. The MRAM use the spin or directional facing of a magnet to store data digitally. Based in Chandler, Arizona and a … [Read more...]

Stretching the limits of possibility, IBM has taken data into the realms of the infinite, right down to the atom in theory at least. Scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated the ability to store information on as little as 12 atoms, the company claims, taking data capacity to a new order of magnitude. Until now, it's taken at least 1 … [Read more...]

Mainland China will have its hands on the iPhone 4S earlier than expected. Apple announced recently the country will have the phone by January 13. The iPhone will also be available in 21 more countries, including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, … [Read more...]

Founded in 2005, Marseille Inc. is leveraging its proprietary virtual design technology to transform the way that semiconductors are designed and built. Initially applying the technology to develop its new VTV-1200 family of 4K/3D video processors, the company's virtual design platform is poised to speed time to market, enable greater product … [Read more...]