Numem

Numem Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is a provider of advanced memory solutions for AI and IoT applications. The company's flagship products include NuRAM MRAM Memory and SmartMem SOC IP cores and chiplets. Numem's NuRAM technology offers significant advantages over traditional SRAM, including 2.5x smaller area and 20x to 290x lower leakage power. The company's solutions are designed to address the growing demand for power-efficient, high-performance memory in AI processing systems, from edge devices to data centers.

Numem's NuRAM operates 2-5x faster with lower dynamic power compared to most MRAM/RRAM solutions, particularly in read operations, and up to 500x faster in write operations. It also boasts 100x better endurance. The technology integrates a complete Memory Management & Control system, simplifying its use and device bring-up. Numem's SmartMem SOC Subsystem extends these advantages to other persistent memory types and can be integrated with NuRAM as SOC Compute in Memory, along with DSP/AI Processing Accelerator functions.

In May 2024, Numem collaborated with IC'Alps to develop an ultra-low-power SOC for sensor and AI applications. This project resulted in a custom SOC featuring RISC-V processors, two MBytes of NuRAM, and a DSP/AI Custom Datapath Accelerator, demonstrating the practical application of Numem's technology in advanced node designs.

Numem's technology has also found applications in space exploration. In October 2020, the company was selected to supply its STT-MRAM for a NASA AI project. The project aimed to develop a reconfigurable DNN Engine for efficient on-board AI processing in spacecraft.