Dataram was founded in 1967 as a manufacturer of
computer memory for
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), selling 16 KB of
core memory. In 1968, Dataram completed its
initial public offering and began trading on the
American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DTM. In 1974, the company developed memory for the Digital
PDP-11. In 1976, the company produced the first
solid-state drive called the
BULK CORE for DEC and
Data General computers. In 1987, Dataram produced core memory for
Sun Microsystems and
Apollo workstations. In 1989, it produced core memory for
HP/Apollo systems. In 1999, the company moved from the
American Stock Exchange to
NASDAQ, trading under the symbol DRAM. They earned the highest number of Intel Advanced Memory Module Qualifications that year. In 2001, the company acquired Memory Card Technology assets and again earned the highest number of
Intel Advanced Memory Module Qualifications for the year. In 2002, the company's DDR memory modules for the Intel market received validation from Advanced Validation Labs. In 2008, the company signed a service and support agreement with
IBM. On 9 October 2018, Cenatek Inc. acquired a
privately owned company located in
Morgan Hill, California, whose products were based on high-speed storage, such as the Rocket Drive PCI-based solid-state disk and
Ramdisk. The company's
research and development were located in
Redding, California. In 2017, Dataram was taken private upon acquisition by LTL Group after taking part in the 2016
reverse IPO of the U.S. Gold Corp. ==Awards==