<p>Researchers from the University of Southern California School of Engineering have developed a new type of memory that actually puts a processor on the DRAM chip, allowing for significantly faster memory performance and eliminating the gap between CPU and memory performance. The memory, called Data IntensiVe Architecture (DIVA), is a Processor in Memory (PIM) chip that contains four processors per memory chip, each capable of performing an 8-bit, 16-bit or 32-bit mathematical process.</p>