Just as graphics card makers like Nvidia found a secondary market for their wares as system-fortifying co-processors, Micron is plotting to sell booster computational elements based on its memory technologies.
Called Automata Processor (AP), the technology "is fundamentally built on memory technology, but it is a processor, not a storage device," said Paul Dlugosch, Micron director of Automata Processor development. Micron is one of the world's leading providers of silicon-based memory components, such as DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash. So, the company is drawing on its considerable experience in memory design and production.
Although the computational element probably won't be commercially released until next year, the company released a software development kit Tuesday that will allow programmers to familiarize themselves with the technology.
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