Infineon designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductors and complete system solutions targeted at selected industries.
Infineon develops MRAM technologies in collaboration with IBM.
Integral Solutions Int, (ISI) is a privately held US-based company that supplies Quasi Static Testers for characterizing Magneto-Resistive type heads.
ISI's product suite includes QST testers for every stage of manufacturing. ISI says that about 85% of the entire head production for the HDD industry is being tested on ISI's equipment.
Intel is the world largest chip maker, and also manufactures networking, memory and communications products.
Intel is researching several next-generation memory technologies including MRAM memory, although it currently seems focused on its 3D XPoint memory.
Jiangsu Leuven Instruments was established in 2017 by Leuven Instruments of Belgium and the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company develops and produces semiconductor etching equipment and process development equipment, especially for magnetic material etching technology.
MagOasis, founded in 2006, provides design/analysis software applications and services for the information-storage and allied industries covering magnetic recoding heads, MRAM, Magnetic nanostructures devices, graphene, sensors and more.
MagOasis' MRAM-related software, Spin-Valve Bench (SVB), is a micromagnetic software for the design and analysis of advanced multi-layer spintronic devices. These include modern MRAM cells for non-volatile microelectronic applications, nanowires and magnetoresistive read-head sensors for ultra-high density recording applications.
Micromem (OTCMKTS:MMTIF) develops magnetic-based sensors, based on spintronics technologies.
The company used to develop MRAM devices, but it seems that it is now entirely focused on its sensors business.
MicroSense (previously known as ADE Technologies) designs precision capacitive position sensors and vibrating sample magnetometers for magnetic measurement.
For the MRAM market, MicoSense offers the Polar Kerr System which provides 300-mm non-contact magnetic property metrology system for perpendicular MRAM. The system utilizes the polar Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) to characterize the magnetic properties of multi-layer wafers used in the development and manufacturing of perpendicular MRAM.
MRAM-Info, launched in 2004 and based in Israel, is a knowledge hub and web publication focused on MRAM technologies.
MRAM-Info provides news, resources and services to the MRAM industry and is considered to be the leading MRAM publication.
The NEC Group focuses on two core areas of business: integrated IT / network solutions and semiconductor.
NEC has been developing MRAM technologies for a long time, collaborating with both TMSC and Toshiba. NEC are also working on perpendicular MRAM. NEC planned to commercialize pMTJ-based MRAM chips by 2010, but that plan did not materialize, and it is not clear if NEC still develops MRAM technologies.
Numem (previously NVMEngines) is a US-based early stage company that develops high-performance, low-power embedded STT-MRAM IP cores for the IoT, micro-controller and automotive markets. Numem says its memory enables a 2-3x smaller memory area and 20x to 50x lower standby power compared to SRAM.
The company also develops design automation tools to optimize Power/Performance/Area (applicable for MRAM and ReRAM technologies).
NVE (NASDAQ:NVEC) is a US-based company that develops spintronics devices. NVE is mostly focused on spintronics-based sensors and couplers, but is also developing MRAM technology.
NVE licensed its technology to Motorola, but has no current claims on Everspin's MRAM tech. The company is currently developing anti-tamper MRAM technologies.
Power Spin was established in 2018 as a spin-off from Tohoku University, with an aim of commercializing its spintronics and MRAM technologies.
Power Spin is offering several services, including design services for STT-MRAM and IoT devices and AI chips based on spintronics and CMOS hybrid technology, MRAM prototyping services, IP licensing, and consultations.
Qualcomm, based in the US, is a global semiconductor company that offers digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Qualcomm has been researching MRAM since 2010 at least, but not much is known about the company's MRAM program. In January 2013 Qualcomm and Belgium's Imec research center announced an agreement to jointly develop MRAM technologies.
QuantumWise is a provider of software solutions for development of nanotechnology. QuantumWise bought the assets of Atomistix after it went bankrupt in January 2009. The company is working in close collaboration with the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institute of Copenhagen University. QuantumWise was acquired by Synopsys in 2017.
QuantumWise is offering a system of integrated software modules that can accurately calculate properties associated with electron distribution and transport. The software can accurately simulate experiments with spin-dependent transport, as encountered in Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) technologies and Magnetic Nanowires. The software is called "Atomistix Toolkit" (or ATK).
US-based Rambus was established in 1990 as a technology licensing company, famous for its IP on DDR-SDRAM memory. Besides memory systems, the company is also developing security solutions, mobile media integration platforms, LED lighting products and more.
Established in 2011 in the US, Rangduru developed an MRAM memory structure called DX MRAM that uses a cell structure that is twice as dense as current MRAM structures.
Rangduru operates in a fabless model and develops both discrete MRAM chips and embedded MRAM technologies.
Renesas, established in 2003 by Mitsubishi and Hitachi, develops and manufactures system LSIs and memory products.
In November 2005, Renesas Technology announced it will collaborate with Grandis (now Samsung) on MRAM development. Later in 2019 it started to distribute Avalanche's MRAM products via Renesas' Integrated Device Technology subsidiary.
Samsung is a large Korean conglomerate focusing on electronics, displays (both LCDs and OLEDs) and semiconductors. Samsung is a leading memory producer and is researching several next-generation memory technologies, including RRAM and MRAM.
Samsung collaborates with several companies on STT-MRAM technologies, including Hynix and IBM.In April 2016 Samsung's semiconductor unit manager said that Samsung will be ready with MRAM chips soon.
Seagate is one of the world's leading Hard-Disk makers.
In 2008 Seagate's CEO said that the company is developing a next-generation memory technology - something similar to MRAM or Phase-Change memory.
Singulus technologies (ETR:SNG) is a German-based company that focuses on manufacturing equipment for optical discs. Singulus' products range from mastering and injection molding to replication lines.
Singulus is offering its TIMARIS machine for Thin Film read/write heads (up to 300mm wafers), used in MRAM production, and has already sold several systems (we know that Grandis and Crocus have acquired at least one of these systems each).
