Month: August 2021

Could Intel’s PowerVia Lower HBM Costs?

Photo of NVIDIA Ampere GPU with six HBM stacks at top & bottomIntel has recently announced a technology that the company calls PowerVia that could inadvertently help reduce the cost of HBM – high-bandwidth memory.

HBM is a stack of up to twelve DRAM chips that are interconnected using over one thousand TSVs – Through-Silicon Vias.  These are metal-filled holes etched right through the DRAM die to allow signals to move vertically through the chip.  It’s an alternative to more conventional wire bonding.

HBM sells for significantly more than Continue reading “Could Intel’s PowerVia Lower HBM Costs?”

Weebit-Nano’s First Small Steps on the NV Memory Road

Photo of Ron Neale, Renowned Phase-Change Memory ExpertIn this post contributor Ron Neale analyzes Weebit Nano’s recently-announced memory array, based on SiO and an Ovonic Threshold Switch selector developed by CEA-Leti in France.   Ron employs his extensive background in Ovonic devices to try and sleuth out the characteristics of both the memory element and the selector, and to understand some of the inner workings of the cell.

Weebit-Nano (Hod Hasharon, Israel), have recently reported some first steps on the path they have outlined to meet their bold claim of Continue reading “Weebit-Nano’s First Small Steps on the NV Memory Road”