Future memory technology including emerging new memories

@article{Kim2004FutureMT,
  title={Future memory technology including emerging new memories},
  author={K. Y. Kim and Gwanhyeob Koh},
  journal={2004 24th International Conference on Microelectronics (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8716)},
  year={2004},
  volume={1},
  pages={377-384 vol.1}
}
  • K. Kim, G. Koh
  • Published 16 May 2004
  • Computer Science
  • 2004 24th International Conference on Microelectronics (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8716)
There have been concerns about how far we can extend the so far so successful conventional semiconductor memories Such as DRAM, SRAM and Flash memory and what will be the future directions of memory development. In this article, we will review the key technical limits of conventional memory scaling and the directions to overcome the problem. In addition, we will review the technical challenges and opportunities of emerging. new memories such as ferroelectric RAM (FRAM), magnetic RAM (MRAM) and… 
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