Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999 · 51 citations · 0 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringComputer ArchitectureMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesEmbedded Memory BlocksMemory DevicesMemory HierarchyMemory Subsystem DesignEmbedded MemoryFlash MemoryNonvolatile MemoryNonvolatile Memory DevicesPhase-change Memory
Ovonyx, Inc. is developing a nonvolatile memory that is potentially denser, faster, and easier to make than Dynamic RAM. It relies on phase transitions induced by nanosecond heating and cooling of small region of the memory cell. Initial target markets are FLASH memory, Embedded memory, and DRAM.