“High-rise,” three-dimensional semiconductors–an idea that has been percolating since the early ’80s–have quietly started making their way into consumer products.
Despite a few delays, Matrix Semiconductor is now selling its 3D memory/data storage chips. A consumer product that contains the first generation of the company’s chips has started to ship in Japan, and products containing an improved version of the technology will begin to ship in sizable volumes in North America in the fall, according to Dan Steere, vice president of sales and marketing at Matrix. Steere wouldn’t specify which company or what type of product is using the chips. The idea behind Matrix’s chip is to cheat Moore’s Law, the dictum that states the number of transistors will double on a chip every two years.
Source: ZDNet
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