Emerging non-volatile memory technologies: From materials, to device, circuit, and architecture

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-4

  Li, Hai ^a   Chen, Yiran ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING SYSTEM; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DEVICE MODELING; EMERGING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY TECHNOLOGY; MAGNETIC MEMORIES; MEMRISTOR; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES; RESISTIVE MEMORIES; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE;

MAGNETIC STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; TECHNOLOGY;

RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

EID: 77956567581     PISSN: 15483746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2010.5548590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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