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JEDEC updates LPDDR5/5X SPD with Enhanced Mode Switching support

Alun Williams — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:18:53 +0000

JEDEC has officially updated its LPDDR5/5X Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Contents standard, adding support for calculating recovery time when switching operating modes, with JESD406-5D. Bill Gervasi of Monolithic Power Systems, and ...

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Embedded World Video: Weebit Nano on why we need ReRAM

Alun Williams — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:49:27 +0000

At Embedded World 2026 we caught up with Coby Hanoch, CEO of Weebit Nano, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He explains why we need a new ...

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Micron in volume production of HBM4 for Vera Rubin

David Manners — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:02:35 +0000

Micron has begun volume shipment of its HBM4 36GB 12H designed for NVIDIA Vera Rubin and capable of over 11 Gb/s pin speeds, enabling a bandwidth greater than 2.8 TB/s. ...

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Memory shortage to last 4-5 years says SK boss

David Manners — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:33:16 +0000

The memory shortage could last another four to five years, says the chairman of SK Group, Chey Tae-won. The supply of base wafers is lagging demand by more than 20%, ...

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Rambus announces HBM4E controller IP

David Manners — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:11:19 +0000

Rambus has launched HBM4E Memory Controller IP. The HBM4E Controller supports operation up to 16 Gbps per pin providing a throughput of 4.1 Terabytes per second (TB/s) to each memory ...

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Jedec updates Universal Flash Storage for faster edge AI

Alun Williams — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:07:55 +0000

Jedec has officially updated the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) standard with UFS 5.0. It aims to increase storage performance and efficiency for edge device AI applications. The aim is improved ...

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Kioxia sampling UFS 5.0 NAND

David Manners — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:13:24 +0000

Kioxia is sampling UFS 5.0 NAND which is currently being standardised by JEDEC. UFS 5.0 is designed to meet the performance requirements of smartphones equipped with on-device AI functions. It ...

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ZAM challenge to HBM

David Manners — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:24:36 +0000

Prototypes of Z-Angle Memory (ZAM) are slated for 2027, says Intel, with mass production scheduled for 2030. ZAM, a stacked DRAM alternative to HBM with a claimed 40-50% power advantage ...

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Kioxia highlights 1TB quadruple-level cell for UFS 4.1

Alun Williams — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:30:46 +0000

Kioxia is sampling UFS (Universal Flash Storage) 4.1 embedded memory devices with 4-bit-per-cell, quadruple-level cell (QLC) technology. The new devices feature the company’s 8th generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory ...

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HBM4 set back a quarter for re-design

David Manners — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 06:13:35 +0000

HBM4 mass production has been put back to the end of Q1 at the earliest, TrendForce, after Nvidia increased the spec for the pin speed for its Rubin platform to ...

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