Emerging Memory Technologies

Current memory technologies, such as DRAM, SRAM, and NAND Flash, are approaching very difficult issues related their continued scaling to and beyond the 16nm generation [5]. Fortunately, research over the past ten – fifteen years has led to discovery of several new memory technologies. This paper provides information on some of these emerging memories which includes some clarification and insight to their physical storage mechanisms and the limits of several of these approaches.

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