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Micromem Technologies
Inc
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| Micromem Technologies Inc. is engaged in the development of memory
technologies having the characteristic of non-volatility, which is the
ability to retain information after power has been shut off. The Company
is pursuing the development of its two memory technologies, a memory
design with the magnetic bit aligned horizontally to the substrate
(HEMRAM), and a memory design with the magnetic bit aligned vertically to
the substrate (VEMRAM). The Company's memory technology is based on
ferromagnetism, which consists of microscopic magnetic elements and Hall
effect sensors deposited on a substrate of silicon or glass. Each magnetic
element stores one bit of data based on its ability to alternate between
states of magnetic polarization. Such states are determined by a Hall
effect sensor normal to the magnetic field. The Company's memory
technology represents "1s" and "0s" by the different
polarization of magnets; a north/south magnet is a "1" and a
south/north magnet is a "0." |
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