Power and Energy Perspectives of Nonvolatile Memory Technologies

Minimum Energy of Computing, Fundamental Considerations

“…The Heisenberg relation (29) and its derivative (30) can be used for an elementary derivation of an analytical form of tunnelling probability (known as Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation):…”

“…For an example of a long wire along a 1 cm chip the limiting communication energy is 10 J/bit write [28,29]). To summarize, electrons flowing in metal wires constitutes the main component in energy consumption in the electron based devices.…”

Realization of a Conductive Bridging Rf Switch Integrated Onto Printed Circuit Board

“…This means that silver ions can diffuse into the structure to create a filament when a positive voltage is applied. The presence of the two active electrodes gives a symmetric behavior to the switch; in this case, the Set and Reset voltages are similar with a value of around zero Volt [2,3,16]. Positioning of the CBRFS presented here in relation to others' work is done in Table 1.…”

“…Current efforts focus on the future generations of memories [2][3][4]. The stakes are high, and the development of new non-volatile memories, is expected to revolutionize the architectures of future computer systems.…”

“…The common point between these two technologies is that both have been evaluated for implementation in RF switches. The specific dielectric used in PC materials can switch between amorphous (high resistance) phase and crystalline (low resistance) phase upon application of thermic energy that can be in the form of voltage and current [3]. High performance RF switches based on PC materials have been recently obtained [5,6].…”