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Start-Up Unveils Memory-Chip Alternative.
The Wall Street Journal (5/19, B4, Clark) reports, "After seven years of labor in secrecy, a Silicon Valley start-up is disclosing one of the most radical efforts yet to replace today's memory chips." Unity Semiconductor Corp. hopes to "provide an alternative to chips known as NAND flash memory, which are a mainstay of products such as digital cameras and Apple Inc.'s iPod music player." The company says its "technology can store four times the amount of data as NAND chips of the same size, and record data five to ten times faster." Unity Chief Executive Darrell Rinerson, formerly an "executive at memory chip specialist Micron Technology Inc., said Unity hopes to forge a partnership with an existing memory chip maker, but didn't disclose a candidate." Unity expects "by mid-2011 to offer a commercial chip that stores 64 gigabits -- about twice the capacity of the most advanced NAND chips on the market now." But the company "faces many hurdles, including proving it can churn out chips at competitive prices."
