Electronics · Recorded milestone
DRAM memory chip
Recorded year1970
Intel's 1103 replaces magnetic-core memory with dense, cheap semiconductor RAM.
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Led to
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- 3D DRAMForecast · ~2031enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.