Micron pulls the plug on future 4F² DRAM after two decades of research in dramatic shift

Tom's Hardware 2026-10-22

Summary:

Micron believes that more advanced process technologies will present more benefits in terms of DRAM bit density than smaller memory cells.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/micron-pulls-the-plug-on-future-4f2-dram-after-two-decades-of-research-in-dramatic-shift-company-says-architecture-offers-no-meaningful-density-advantages-increases-manufacturing-complexity-and-costs-and-has-fundamental-scaling-limitations

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Cybersecurity by kevin » Tom's Hardware

Tags:

components

Authors:

ashilov@gmail.com (Anton Shilov) , Anton Shilov

Date tagged:

10/22/2026, 14:17

Date published:

10/22/2026, 08:00