SoftBank and Intel Collaborate to Commercialize Next-Gen Memory Tech

SoftBank Corp. announced its wholly owned subsidiary SAIMEMORY Corp. signed a collaborative agreement with Intel Corporation on February 2, 2026 to advance the commercialization of Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), a next-generation memory technology designed for high capacity, high bandwidth and low power consumption. Established in December 2024, SAIMEMORY is a SoftBank subsidiary conducting research and development to promote the commercialization of next-generation memory technologies. SAIMEMORY will leverage the next-generation memory foundational technologies and technical expertise validated by Intel’s Next Generation DRAM Bonding (NGDB) initiative that was completed under the Advanced Memory Technology (AMT) program managed by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration through the Sandia National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. With the aim of creating prototypes in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2028 (FY2027) and achieving commercialization in FY2029, SAIMEMORY will advance research and development on innovative memory architectures and manufacturing technologies. Through the utilization of ZAM next-generation memory technology, SAIMEMORY and Intel will work together to enable high-capacity and high-bandwidth data processing, enhanced processing performance and reduced power consumption in data centers and other environments that require the training and inference of large-scale AI models. SAIMEMORY’s development of next-generation memory technologies represents one of SoftBank’s key initiatives to support next-generation social infrastructure. By collaborating with Intel and other technology partners and research institutions in Japan and abroad, SoftBank will contribute to the creation of advanced, homegrown semiconductor technologies, and to the strengthening of Japan’s global competitiveness. More from HPCwire: SoftBank Group and Intel Corporation Sign $2B Investment Agreement About Intel Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) designs and manufactures advanced semiconductors that connect and power the modern world. Every day, our engineers create new technologies that enhance and shape the future of computing to enable new possibilities for every customer we serve. Learn more at intel.com. About SoftBank Corp. Guided by the SoftBank Group’s corporate philosophy, “Information Revolution – Happiness for everyone,” SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) operates telecommunications and IT businesses in Japan and globally. Building on its strong business foundation, SoftBank Corp. is expanding into non-telecom fields in line with its “Beyond Carrier” growth strategy while further growing its telecom business by harnessing the power of 5G/6G, IoT, Digital Twin and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) solutions, including High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)-based stratospheric telecommunications. While constructing AI data centers and developing homegrown LLMs specialized for the Japanese language, SoftBank is integrating AI with radio access networks (AI-RAN), with the aim of becoming a provider of next-generation social infrastructure. To learn more, please visit https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp.