Santa Clara, CA — April 13, 2026 — SNIA today announced the launch of the MRAM Alliance Special Interest Group (SIG) and is inviting industry stakeholders from foundries to chip and system companies to participate in a collaborative effort to ensure optimal use and maximize benefits of MRAM across applications ranging from low-power edge devices to high-performance subsystems.
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM), which offers a unique combination of attributes, is becoming a key enabling technology in a wide range of high-growth applications, such as automotive chips, edge devices, AI-based systems, and high-performance computing.
SNIA’s MRAM Alliance SIG is designed to bring together foundries, chip makers, memory manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and system companies to accelerate MRAM adoption. It will provide a collaborative framework for stakeholders to align on key priorities, improve education and awareness, create standards when applicable, and facilitate product implementation.
The initiative builds on prior industry collaboration within the “MRAM Technology Group”, already involving the leading companies and research organizations in the field. It is now expanding within SNIA to include the semiconductor value chain as well as several application verticals.
“MRAM has been in production at the leading foundries for several years and the focus now is no longer technology development, but ecosystem alignment,” said Jean-Pierre Nozières, Co-Chair of the MRAM Alliance SIG. “This initiative is about bringing together stakeholders across the whole value chain, from foundries to chip makers and system companies, to align on key priorities and maximize end-system product benefits.”
“SNIA is committed to fostering collaboration across the evolving memory and storage landscape,” said Dr. J Metz, Chair of the SNIA Board of Directors. “Integrating the MRAM Alliance into the SNIA community strengthens our ability to support emerging technologies like MRAM and ensures the industry has a trusted forum to align, educate, and innovate together.”
The announcement comes as the industry gathers at INTERMAG 2026, where the MRAM Alliance SIG is hosting a dedicated session on magnetic immunity in real-world environments. Members of the MRAM Alliance SIG will be present at the event, providing an opportunity to engage directly with stakeholders across the ecosystem.
Organizations interested in contributing to this collaborative effort can learn more at SNIA Membership or by emailing membership@snia.org.
About SNIA
SNIA is a not-for-profit global organization made up of corporations, universities, startups, and individuals. The members collaborate to develop and promote vendor-neutral architectures as well as international standards and specifications. SNIA promotes technologies related to the storage, transport, optimization of infrastructure, acceleration, format, and protection of data.
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