September 2024

China-based Xianxin Technology, in collaboration with several research institutes in China, have developed the world's first 28 nm image quality adjustment chip that is powered by embedded RRAM memory.

The company says it is now mass producing the new driver IC, which will be supplied to high-end miniLED LCD TV makers. The company says that by adopting RRAM rather than the mainstream external Flash memory, it enables faster read operations, and lower cost production. 

Researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered the role of phase separation in memristor mechanism, thus paving the way to improving RRAM memory. 

Up until now, researchers were not sure why memristors retain their memory for a long time, as current models did not explain this fully. The new researchers explain that in memristors, oxygen ions prefer to be away from the filament and will never diffuse back, even after an indefinite period of time.

China-based wireless IC designer New Radio Tech (NRT) introduced a new Ultra-WideBand (UWB) chip, the URSAMAJOR 82660, that integrates RRAM. We assume that the embedded RRAM technology was provided by Hefei Reliance Memory, but we're not certain.

The company says that integrating the RRAM into their chip is a major achievements, and it allows them to reduce the chip's footprint by 40%, while being highly cost effective compared to conventional chips that are based on external Flash or integrated eFlash solutions.