{"id":562527,"date":"2026-02-03T04:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:51:11","slug":"softbank-subsidiary-to-work-with-intel-on-next-gen-memory-for-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562527\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank subsidiary to work with Intel on next-gen memory for AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saimemory, a subsidiary of multinational investment giant SoftBank<\/a>, has signed a collaboration agreement with American chipmaker Intel Corp.<\/a> to advance the commercialization of next-generation memory technology, the companies announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The partnership focuses on next-generation memory technologies that can support the growing demands of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The effort is currently known as the “Z-Angle Memory program,” or ZAM.<\/p>\n

Prototypes are expected by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2028, with commercialization targeted for fiscal 2029, according to a SoftBank press release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shares of SoftBank rose 3.13%, while Intel stock rose 5% in overnight trading on Robinhood following the announcement.<\/p>\n

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Saimemory, established in December 2024, will draw on memory technology and expertise from Intel, particularly from initiatives it undertook as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Memory Technology program.<\/p>\n

The program focused on developing core technologies for advanced memory. Intel’s involvement specifically targeted improvements in performance and power efficiency for next-generation Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) used in computers and servers.<\/p>\n

“Standard memory architectures aren’t meeting AI needs,”\u202f Dr. Joshua Fryman, Intel Fellow and CTO of Intel Government Technologies, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added that Intel has developed a new memory architecture and assembly approach that improves DRAM performance while lowering power use and costs, positioning the technology for broader adoption over the next decade.<\/p>\n

The partnership comes amid surging demand for memory used in AI-related applications. This demand has vastly outpaced supply, which has triggered shortages across the memory supply chain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The emphasis on energy efficiency for the ZAM program also also reflects growing concerns over the vast energy consumption needed for AI computing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The collaboration between Intel and SoftBank on next-generation memory technology was first reported by Nikkei Asia<\/a> last year. Fujitsu<\/a>, a Japanese multinational IT equipment and services company, is also reportedly<\/a> involved in the project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saimemory, a subsidiary of multinational investment giant SoftBank, has signed a collaboration agreement with American chipmaker Intel Corp.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":562528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,11732,81,245587,43930,755,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-562527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-breaking-news-technology","tag-business-news","tag-fujitsu-ltd","tag-intel-corp","tag-softbank-group-corp","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116004905494039940","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}