When memory qubits and photons get entangled
Encrypting data in a way that ensures secure communication is an ever-growing challenge because crucial components of today's encryption systems cannot withstand future quantum computers. Researchers around the world are therefore working on technolo.....»»
A possible game changer for next generation microelectronics
Tiny magnetic whirlpools could transform memory storage in high performance computers......»»
Fluxonium qubits bring the creation of a quantum computer closer
Russian scientists from University of Science and Technology MISIS and Bauman Moscow State Technical University were one of the first in the world to implement a two-qubit operation using superconducting fluxonium qubits. Fluxoniums have a longer lif.....»»
Samsung tapped for RAM in Chinese iPhones
Samsung will supply RAM for iPhones intended for the Chinese market, instead of local supplier YMTC, as Apple continues to bow to pressure from the US.Apple has not yet bought RAM from the Yangtse Memory Technologies Co (YMTC). Nor is it prohibited f.....»»
Apple reportedly to have Samsung replace YMTC for iPhone-use NAND flash supply in 2023
Apple has quietly suspended plans to purchase 128-layer NAND flash from Chinese supplier Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) for iPhones targeting the China market, and reportedly will have Samsung Electronics as the alternative supplier starting in 2.....»»
China memory chipmakers unlikely to meet output goals for 2023
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) are both unlikely to meet their respective output goal for 2023, due to constraints caused by the latest US restrictions on exports of advanced logic and memory chips, and rel.....»»
Porsche invests in quantum computing as auto industry sees diverse application potentials
Canada-based startup Xanadu has raised US$100 million in Series C to build a fault-tolerant photonic quantum computer capable of reaching a million qubits, backed by Canada's largest equity firm Georgian and other venture capitals. With a total valua.....»»
Three-Way Entanglement Results Hint at Better Quantum Codes
A team of physicists has entangled three photons over a considerable distance, which could lead to more powerful quantum cryptography......»»
Porsche invested in quantum computing as the auto industry sees diverse application potentials
Canada-based startup Xanadu has raised US$100 million in Series C to build a fault-tolerant photonic quantum computer capable of reaching a million qubits, backed by Canada's largest equity firm Georgian and other venture capitals. With a total valua.....»»
Development of an easy-to-synthesize self-healing gel composed of entangled ultrahigh molecular weight polymers
A research team consisting of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Hokkaido University and Yamaguchi University has developed a method for easily synthesizing a self-healing polymer gel made of ultrahigh molecular weight (UHMW) polyme.....»»
Global DRAM revenue fall 29% in 3Q22, says TrendForce
Revenue of the global DRAM memory market declined 28.9% sequentially to US$18.19 billion in the third quarter of 2022, when the memory contract prices fell up to 15% on quarter, according to TrendForce......»»
Micron cutting further DRAM and NAND wafer starts
Micron Technology is reducing DRAM and NAND wafer starts by approximately 20% versus fiscal fourth-quarter 2022 and is also working toward additional capex cuts. The moves are to respond to market conditions, according to the memory chip vendor......»»
US bans may not be loosened for next 5 years, which benefits Korean memory brands, says Silicon Motion
Wallace Kou, CEO of NAND Flash controller chip maker Silicon Motion (SMI), believes that the US's semiconductor sanctions on China won't budge at all for the next 5 years, regardless of which party takes office. In addition, Korean memory makers will.....»»
Winbond expects demand to pick up starting mid-2023
Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics expects inventory correction across the industry supply chains to come to an end in the first half of next year, with market demand poised to pick up starting mid 2023......»»
Memory module vendors gearing up to lower inventory losses
DRAM and NAND prices continue trending downward amid rising inventory levels at upstream suppliers and declining terminal demand, and may not start to pick up slowly until late first quarter of 2023, making Taiwan's memory module suppliers bear the b.....»»
The transformation between different topological spin textures
Skyrmions and bimerons are fundamental topological spin textures in magnetic thin films with asymmetric exchange interactions, and they can be used as information carrier for next generation low energy consumption memory, advanced neuromorphic comput.....»»
Tokyo Electron cuts outlook on US chip curbs, memory slump
Key chip equipment supplier Tokyo Electron Ltd. slashed its full-year outlook after memory makers cut spending and the US ramped up restrictions on cutting-edge chip-gear exports to China......»»
Nan Ya PCB sees increasing rush orders for BT substrates
Taiwan's IC substrate supplier Nan Ya PCB has witnessed a surge in rush orders for BT substrates needed to process memory and other chip solutions for mobile smart devices and TV applications, and is positive about its book-to-bill ratio performance,.....»»
Memory IC distributors see inventory pressure start easing
Memory IC distributors, which were under intense pressure to offload inventories in the third quarter of 2022, have seen inventory pressure start easing in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources......»»
Macronix cuts into supply chain of multiple automotive IDMs
Macronix International with its automotive NOR flash memory has cut into the supply chain of multiple IDMs, including the latest self-driving systems from Nvidia and Qualcomm, according to company chairman Miin Wu......»»
Impinj unveils two new RAIN RFID tag chips to help enterprises manage product shelf life
Impinj announced the Impinj M780 and M781 RAIN RFID tag chips to connect everyday items – including automotive parts, pharmaceuticals, food, and more – that require extended product identifiers, large user memory, or both. These new tag chips are.....»»