Editing Nano-RAM (section)

==History==
{{Infobox company
| name             = Nantero, Inc.
| logo             = NanteroBannerLogo.png
| type             = Private
| industry         = Semiconductors, nanotechnology
| foundation       =  2001
| location_city    = [[Woburn, Massachusetts]]
| location_country = US
| locations        = 
| key_people       =  
| products         = Nano-RAM
| homepage         = {{URL|www.nantero.com}}
}}
Nantero was founded in 2001, and headquartered in [[Woburn, Massachusetts]]. Due to the massive investment in flash [[semiconductor fabrication plant]]s, no alternative memory has replaced flash in the marketplace, despite predictions as early as 2003 of the impending speed and density of NRAM.<ref>{{Cite news |title= A new type of computer memory uses carbon, rather than silicon |date= May 8, 2003 |newspaper= The Economist |url= http://www.economist.com/node/1763552 |access-date= July 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=On ultra-fast carbon memory: Nanotube |work= The Register |date=May 13, 2003 |author=John Leyden |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/13/on_ultrafast_carbon_memory/  |access-date= July 20, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2005, NRAM was promoted as [[universal memory]], and Nantero predicted it would be in production by the end of 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Nanotube 'Universal Memory' A Turn-On For Computers  |publisher= [[Museum of Science (Boston)|Museum of Science]] Current Science and Technology Center |url= http://www.mos.org/cst/article/5978/1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050204085202/http://www.mos.org/cst/article/5978/1.html |archive-date= February 4, 2005 |access-date= July 14, 2013 }}</ref>
In August 2008, [[Lockheed Martin]] acquired an exclusive license for government applications of Nantero's intellectual property.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Lockheed buys Nantero's government unit |date= August 13, 2008 |first=Mark |last=LaPedus |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1169108 |access-date= August 20, 2013 }}</ref>

By early 2009, Nantero had 30 US patents and 47 employees, but was still in the engineering phase.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Nantero's semiconductors pull high patent power ranking |work= Mass High Tech |author= Efrain Viscarolasaga |date= January 22, 2009 |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2009/01/nanteros-semiconductors-pull-high-patent.html |access-date= July 10, 2013 }}</ref> In May 2009, a radiation-resistant version of NRAM was tested on the [[STS-125]] mission of the US {{OV|104}}.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Lockheed Martin Tests Carbon Nanotube-Based Memory Devices on NASA Shuttle Mission |date=  November 18, 2009 |work= Press release |url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lockheed-martin-tests-carbon-nanotube-based-memory-devices-on-nasa-shuttle-mission-70376567.html |access-date= July 14, 2013 }}</ref>

The company was quiet until another round of funding and collaboration with the Belgian research center [[imec]] was announced in November 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Nantero, imec Collaborate on Development of Carbon-Nanotube-Based Memory |work= AZOM: The A to Z of Materials |date= November 1, 2012 |url= http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=34644 |access-date= August 20, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= Flash-killer nanotube memory firm teams with Belgians to try again: 3 yrs late, and counting - but now moving 'even faster' |work= The Register |date= November 6, 2012 |first=Chris |last=Mellow |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/06/nantero_cnt/  |access-date= July 10, 2013 }}</ref>
Nantero raised a total of over $42 million through the November 2012 series D round.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Nantero gets $10M to move product into commercialization |work= Mass High Tech |first=Patricia |last=Resende |date= November 28, 2012 |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2012/11/nantero-gets-10m-to-move-product-into.html |access-date= July 10, 2013 }}</ref>
Investors included [[Charles River Ventures]], [[Draper Fisher Jurvetson]], [[Globespan Capital Partners]], [[Stata Venture Partners]] and [[Harris & Harris Group]].
In May 2013, Nantero completed series D with an investment by [[Schlumberger]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= Nantero Secures Second Closing of Series D; Company Adds Major Strategic Investors |date= May 29, 2013 |url= http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10774187.htm |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130630054308/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10774187.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 30, 2013 |access-date= August 20, 2013 }}</ref>
''[[EE Times]]'' listed Nantero as one of "10 top startups to watch in 2013".<ref>{{Cite news |title= 10 top startups to watch in 2013 |first=Peter |last=Clarke |date= December 21, 2012 |work= EE Times |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1262926 |access-date= July 10, 2013 }}</ref>

31 Aug 2016: Two Fujitsu semiconductor businesses are licensing Nantero NRAM technology with joint Nantero–Fujitsu development to produce chips, announced in 2018. They are announced to have several thousand times faster rewrites and many thousands of times more rewrite cycles than embedded flash memory.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/31/nram_dev_nantero_signs_fujitsu |title = Deep inside Nantero's non-volatile carbon nanotube RAM tech |date=31 August 2016 |first=Chris |last=Mellor |work=The Register}}</ref> As of 2024, these products are still announced but have not reached the market.

As of 2025, Nantero appears to have ceased operation. Its website is parked and some of its equipment was sold off by auction in August of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nantero: Online Auction Featuring Late Model Semiconductor Equipment From A Carbon Nanotube Electronic Manufacturer! |url=https://bid.hgpauction.com/past-auctions/herita10254?primaryCategoryCode=WOO |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=bid.hgpauction.com}}</ref>