Advanced Micro Devices is exploring new types of onboard memory for its chips as a way to bump performance and squeeze more out of its manufacturing plants.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker has licensed memory technology called Z-RAM, created by startup Innovative Silicon, of Santa Clara, Calif., in an effort to look at new ways of bumping up the cache or onboard memory of its processors.

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