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HP, SanDisk form next-gen memory alliance to counter Intel/Micron

Oct. 08, 2015 12:56 PM ETHP Inc. (HPQ) StockBy: Eric Jhonsa, SA News Editor23 Comments
  • HP (NYSE:HPQ +1.8%) and SanDisk (SNDK +2.4%) are partnering to develop a a memory technology they expect will be up to 1,000 times faster and offer up to 1,000 times as much endurance as NAND flash, while also providing "significant cost, power, density and persistence improvements over DRAM technologies."
  • The solution will leverage HP's Memristor R&D investments - HP once promised memristors would enable computers that instantly turn on and off, and never lose data - as well as SanDisk's ReRAM R&D investments and broader manufacturing/design resources. Target server applications include "in-memory databases, real-time data analytics, [and] transactional and high-performance computing." HP also plans to use the technology with its futuristic Machine computing concept, in which memory and storage are one and the same.
  • The announcement comes less than 3 months after Intel (INTC) and Micron (MU) unveiled 3D XPoint, a next-gen memory tech (commercial shipments in 2016) also promised to be up to 1,000 times faster than NAND and much cheaper/denser than DRAM, and which has much in common with ReRAM.
  • HP and SanDisk are both rallying. The former could be getting a boost from reports Dell is in merger talks with EMC, thanks to hopes such a deal would lead the post-split HP Enterprise to receive M&A interest. The Nasdaq is down 1%.
  • Separately, HP has rolled out a 34" Envy all-in-one PC (starts at $1,800), a 12" convertible (starts at $800), and a $429 Windows 10 tablet.

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