As part of a restructuring due to business stresses throughout economy, in August 2008 the government business unit of Nantero, Inc. was acquired by Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT]. Nantero has continued to operate since then as a privately-held company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, including memory, logic, and other semiconductor products. In the field of memory, Nantero has developed NRAMâ¢, a high-density fast nonvolatile Random Access Memory. The company's objective is to deliver a product that will replace all existing forms of memory, such as DRAM and flash memory, with NRAM⢠serving as universal memory. The potential applications for the nonvolatile memory Nantero is developing are extensive and include the ability to enable instant-on computers and to replace the memory in devices such as cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, and more, as well as many applications in the networking and enterprise systems arena. NRAM⢠can be manufactured for both standalone and embedded memory applicat
