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Why is the world’s leading innovation hub so excited about a tiny Australian tech company?



Talking to Dr Guido Arnout, Phd and CEO of 4DS Memory, is a little like getting a science lesson from your favorite professor.

You learn a lot.

You never feel like he’s talking down to you.

And you walk away going “Wow, I really get it now."

I recently got the chance to have a quiet chat with the Belgium born electrical engineer in his humble Silicon Valley office.


Arnout leads a team that is pioneering the development of a technology known as ‘Interface Switching ReRAM.’

To you and me that may not mean a lot.

But the 4DS technology, which has been proven to work as a single cell, could change the way all mobile devices and cloud data centers function plus open the door to the development of new technologies we haven't even thought of yet.

Now I'm interested.

But if it works why isn’t it out there already?

They need to prove it at scale.

What’s exciting about 4DS Memory, and the reason we invested in it some time ago, is that it is unlike any technology before it.

It’s unique to the point that it even has IMEC very excited!

Again I hear you.

Who?

Say what?

IMEC is “THE” R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technology on the planet.

4DS Memory has taken it’s technology to the Belgium based IMEC and it’s team of three and a half thousand of the world’s best brains, to work it from a single cell to a functioning megabit chip.

As it turns out, according to Arnout, they have never seen anything like it and as a result are very excited.

This interview explains why.


Why the likes of Apple, Samsung, Amazon and Google need this technology.



computer storage technology is a bit like a car's steering wheel.

we don't really care about it, as long as it works.

but if you are apple, samsung, amazon or google, grappling with artificial intelligence, augmented reality and blockchain, storage tech is a big deal.

that's because the existing technology is really old: at one end There is flash and the other, d-ram.

while flash doesn't need power to hang on to it's data, it is very slow. d-ram is fast, but if the power goes off, it forgets everything. plus, its physical size increases with its capacity and it's very expensive.

4DS Memory is currently commercializing a new type of memory called Interface Switching ReRAM that will sit in between both flash and d-ram.

talking to editor of insidemarket.net phil carey, 4ds ceo jim dorrian reveals discussions with some of the world's largest technology manufacturers about 4ds' reram.

he also explains why big tech players are interested in hIS technology and why it is essential to their development. [watch this video now]


4ds memory is currently collaborating WITH THE WORLD'S PREEMINENT RESEARCH FACILITY, IMEC, IN BELGIUM, to commercialize its technology.

having proven that 4ds' technology works at the bit scale, the next step is to create a working megabit chip: that's where imec comes in.

imec is a not-for-profit organisation with three and a half thousand staff.

technology is only accepted by their team if it is considered sufficiently significant on a global change scale. [watch this video now]


Jim Dorian was instrumental in the establishment and eventual sale of Arbor to Oracle for $4 billion in 2007.

As a general partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners his deals also included Bill Me Later's $1 billion acquisition by Paypal in 2008.


He is confident 4DS will become his biggest deal ever. so how does he make his investment decisions? [watch this video now]

insidemarket.net nor any of it's team offer any financial or investment advice. Please refer to our disclaimer.

4DS Memory Jim Dorrian interview part 2



computer storage technology is a bit like a car's steering wheel.

we dont really care about it, as long as it works.

but if you are apple, samsung, amazon or google, grappling with artificial intelligence, augmented reality and blockchain, storage tech is a big deal.

that's because the exisitng technology is really old: at one end There is flash and the other, dram.

while flash doesn't need power to hang on to it's data it is very slow. dram is fast but if the power goes off it forgets everything. plus it's physical size increases with it's capacity and it's very expensive.

4DS Memory is currently commercializing a new type of memory called Interface Switching ReRAM that will sit in between both flash and dram.

talking to editor of insidemarket.net phil carey, 4ds ceo jim dorrian admitted to having discussions with some of the world's largest technology manufacturers about their reram.

in this video he also explains why the big players are interested in hIS type of technology, but why it is essential to their development. [watch this video now]


4ds memory's technology is currently IN COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE WORLD'S PREEMINENT RESEARCH FACILITY, IMEC IN BELGIUM.

having proved that the 4ds technology works in a single cell, the next step is to create a working one megabit chip and that's where imec comes in.

imec is a not for profit organisation with three and a half thousand staff.

technology is only accepted by their team if it is considered sufficiently significant on a global change scale. [watch this video now]


Jim Dorian was instrumental in the establishment and eventual sale of Arbor to Oracle for $4 billion in 2007.

As a general partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners his deals also included Bill Me Later's $1 billion acquisition by Paypal in 2008.


He is confident 4DS will become his biggest deal ever. so how does he make his investment decisions? [watch this video now]

insidemarket.net nor any of it's team offer any financial or investment advice. Please refer to our disclaimer.

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