July 2019

Israel-based RRAM developer Weebit Nano announced that it is in "advanced discussions" with a Tier-2 company to adapt Weebit's technology to meet the customer's unique memory module requirements.

Weebit Nano also announced that it has signed an agreement with Kitec Design that will be Weebit's representative in South Korea, Weebit's most important market (as Korea produces 57% of the global memory chip supply). Weebit is already engaging with several potential customers in Korea, including the Tier-2 company.

Strategic Elements announced that it has achieved significant technical improvements in its Nanocube Memory Ink technology at the University of New South wales (UNSW). The company is now incorporating these advancements into a transparent demonstrator that will be ready by Q3 2019.

SER says that it has developed new fabrication methods for its memory ink and its production onto plastics. SER has filed patents for these methods.

Applied Materials unveiled new high-volume manufacturing solutions for next-generation memories - Including MRAM, PCRAM and RRAM. The Endura platform integrates multiple materials engineering technologies along with on-board metrology to create new films and structures.

Applied’s Endura Impulse PVD platform for PCRAM and ReRAM production includes up to nine process chambers integrated under vacuum along with on-board metrology to allow the precise deposition and control of the multi-component materials for these emerging memories.