Physics Today · 1998 · 1.3K citations · 11 references
Natural SciencesComputer SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMaterials PhysicsMemoryFerroelectric MaterialsMemory DevicesFerroelectric PropertiesFerroelectric Random-access MemoryFerroelectric Thin FilmsFerroelectricity
The narrative depicts a student in 1980 typing a thesis when a thunderstorm culminates in a lightning strike that shuts down the computer. The final chapter of the thesis was lost.
Imagine you are in the last stages of typing your thesis, the year is 1980, and it's a hot, hazy summer afternoon, a thunderstorm brews on the horizon. Tense and tired, you have forgotten to save the document on your hard disk. Suddenly, lightning strikes! Your computer shuts down. Your final chapter is lost.
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NANO-phase SBT-family ferroelectric memories
J. F. Scott, Marin Alexe, N. D. Zakharov et al. · Integrated ferroelectrics · 1998 · 444 citations
High-Permittivity Perovskite Thin Films for Dynamic Random-Access Memories
A. I. Kingon, S. K. Streiffer, C. Basceri et al. · MRS Bulletin · 1996 · 228 citations
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