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To: DJBEINO who wrote (50483)	2/8/2000 9:55:00 AM
From: wiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

Memory geeks I'm reseaching a company with new technology to store info on ferrous magnets. I'm looking for opinions... Anyone heard, or have comments on this tech? I guess they have done tests succesfully on 8 bit, and have promise for much better.. and it can be stored almost indefinitly... also fairly inexpensively.. here's a cut and paste.. Although DRAM - used in PCs - is relatively fast and inexpensive, it only holds data for thousandths of a second, requiring 'refresh', a considerable drain on device power. Both DRAM and SRAM are volatile, meaning that data is lost once the device is turned off, while flash memory, which is used in today's mobile devices, is non-volatile and fast. However, flash is relatively expensive and slow, as well as cumbersome to write to. The MAGRAM chip, in contrast, uses ferromagnetic rods and sensors in a glass substrate to hold data even when the power is switched off for months or years. The chip has a data access rate of 5 nanoseconds (compared with Intel's fastest flash memory read speed of 120 nanoseconds). What is more, the use of glass substrates, claims the company, halves the number of steps in the chip manufacturing process making it significantly cheaper than existing memory technologies. It could even offer alternative and cheaper ways to make other chips, the company argues. Micromem is talking to several vendors about developing the technology and believes that it will replace flash memory and SRAM in mobile phones and other battery-powered devices in coming years. Any thoughts appreciated.. I'm accumalating shares rather sgressively wiz

To: DJBEINO who wrote (50483)	2/8/2000 2:14:00 PM
From: Fabeyes	Respond to of 53903

Here is a little news to help those poor DRAM prices For Immediate Release Contact: Tyler Lowrey Ovonyx, Inc. 1675 West Maple Road Troy, Michigan 48084 248.280.1900 Ovonyx Receives Investment from Intel Companies to work together on memory technology TROY, Mich., February 8, 2000 - Ovonyx, Inc., a semiconductor memory technology developer, announced today that Intel Capital has invested in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed. Ovonyx is developing phase-change semiconductor memory devices, termed Ovonic Unified Memory (OUM). OUM memory technology promises to enable significantly faster write and erase speeds and higher cycling endurance than conventional memory types. It has been used in rewritable CD and DVD discs and may have potential as a replacement for such memory types as Flash, SRAM and DRAM. Ovonyx also announced it has licensed its OUM memory technology to Intel and that the two companies will work together to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of high-density, non-volatile memory based on the technology. "The investment will be used to further the strategic goals of Ovonyx, principally by supporting ongoing development activities," said Tyler Lowrey, CEO of Ovonyx. "These goals include product development to exploit the phase-change technology in the nonvolatile memory and embedded memory/logic marketplace and continuing to expand our patent position." "Intel continuously develops and fosters technology that has the potential to improve the computing experience. We believe that innovations in materials will enable us to take silicon devices beyond perceived scaling limits for the continued rapid advancement of the digital world," said Dr. Sunlin Chou, Vice President and General Manager, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation. "I am very pleased that Intel and Ovonyx have established this relationship," said Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and CEO of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. ("ECD") (NASDAQ:ENER) and original inventor of the phase-change memory process. "This is a great opportunity for the phase-change memory technology to be widely commercialized in semiconductor applications." About Ovonyx Ovonyx is a joint venture between Tyler Lowrey, former Chief Technical Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Micron Technology, and ECD. It was formed to commercialize semiconductor memory applications of the proprietary phase-change technology originally developed by ECD (www.ovonic.com). Ovonyx nonvolatile memory technology can offer significantly faster write and erase speeds and higher cycling endurance than conventional Flash memory. It also has the advantage of a simple fabrication process that allows the design of semiconductor chips with embedded nonvolatile memory using only a few additional mask steps. Additional information about Ovonyx and its memory technology is available at www.ovonyx.com. # # #