Crossbar is a company based in

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. Crossbar develops a class of non-volatile

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(RRAM) technology. The company in 2013 announced its goal was a

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of storage on a single

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, compatible with standard

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manufacturing processes.

History

Crossbar was founded in 2010, by George Minassian, Hagop Nazarian, and Wei Lu. As part of the

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Tech Transfer program, in 2010, Crossbar licensed resistive RAM (RRAM) patents from the University of Michigan. Crossbar filed patents relating to the development, commercialization and manufacturing of RRAM technology. In August 2013, Crossbar emerged from

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and announced the development of a memory array at a commercial

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facility. It was said to deliver faster write performance; lower power consumption and more endurance at half the die size, compared to NAND

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. Since it is CMOS-compatible, it can be fabricated without special equipment or materials. Crossbar received $25 million in funding from Artiman Ventures,

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and the Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups (MINTS) program in 2012. Another funding round of about $35 million was announced in September 2015, with investors from China and Hong Kong. Crossbar primarily markets to

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(OEMs) and

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(SOC) developers of

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and

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products.

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* {{official website, http://www.crossbar-inc.com/ Computer memory companies Semiconductor companies of the United States Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Computer companies established in 2010 Manufacturing companies established in 2010 2010 establishments in California American companies established in 2010 Companies based in Santa Clara, California

History

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