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Freescale Announces Commercial Availability of Magnetic Memory Chip

Freescale has announced the commercial availability of Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) that combines traditional memory's endurance with a hard drive's ability to keep data while powered down. MRAM combines the speed of eSRAM and the non-volatility of Flash onto a single chip.

MRAM uses magnetic moments, rather than an electric charge, to determine the on-off state of the memory bit cell. It allows a single memory solution to replace multiple memory options within one chip—helping to enable faster, more cost-effective solutions for next-generation memory-intensive products.

MRAM is a nonvolatile memory technology that protects data in the event of power loss and does not require periodic refreshing. The MR2A16A is the ideal memory solution for applications that must permanently store and retrieve critical data quickly.

Freescale, which was spun-off from Motorola in 2004, says the first commercial Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) device is now in volume production.

Freescale claims that MRAM can replace many of today’s other forms of memory and storage technologies, including normal RAM, Flash and magnetic storage.


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