Micron, A*STAR DSI extend partnership in memory technology

Singapore — United States memory-chip maker Micron Technology and Singapore’s A*STAR Data Storage Institute (DSI) are extending their partnership to develop a promising field of memory technology for another three years.

Called STT-MRAM, the non-volatile memory technology is becoming more important in the semiconductor market in the areas of mobile storage applications and solid state drives.

It has the potential to become a universal memory because of qualities such as high data retention and speed, as well as the ability to boost performance of data centres and the cloud.

The partnership will involve researchers from Micron and A*STAR DSI co-developing STT-MRAM devices and bringing the technology closer to commercialisation.

Through its partnership with Micron, DSI has proven itself as a key centre for the development of STT-MRAM, said Dr Pantelis Alexopoulos, executive director of DSI.

“This flagship collaboration with Micron augurs well for Singapore’s positioning to be a leader in advance memory and data storage technologies,” said Dr Tan Geok Leng, executive director of A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council.