/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/non-volatile-memory-for-low-power-designsI came across a mention in a newsletter recently of the Texas Instruments line of FRAM based MSP430 microcontrollers and thought a short post on FRAM would be of interest. If you aren’t familiar with FRAM (also called FeRAM), think of it as esse...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/non-volatile-memory-for-low-power-designsTue, 09 Jun 2015 19:54:15 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5b6d04ab-ffa2-4ba8-ab19-d6bd370dab1ajohnbeetem1<p>I think of FRAM as tiny, cheap <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">magnetic-core memory</a> <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-5b6d04ab-ffa2-4ba8-ab19-d6bd370dab1a/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span>&nbsp; When I got started with mini-computers, they had core memory so if you turned the power off whatever was in memory was still there when you turned the power back on.&nbsp; That was very convenient when the only way to load programs was through front panel switches or paper tape. <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-5b6d04ab-ffa2-4ba8-ab19-d6bd370dab1a/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21040&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/non-volatile-memory-for-low-power-designsTue, 09 Jun 2015 15:22:36 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5b6d04ab-ffa2-4ba8-ab19-d6bd370dab1aclem571<p>I find that very interesting trend of technology changes. Thanks for the heads up.</p><p>Clem</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21040&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">