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Topological memory using phase-change materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

Junji Tominaga
Junji Tominaga*
Affiliation:
Nanoelectronics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan; j-tominaga@aist.go.jp
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Abstract

Nonvolatile memories (NVMs) are key devices in computers to save a user’s information. Besides flash memory, several types of NVMs that use magnetoresistance, resistance change of metal oxides, and phase change of chalcogenide alloys have been studied. Among these, phase-change random-access memory (PC-RAM) is competitive from the viewpoint of switching speed, high durability, and scalability. In 2017, Intel and Micron Technology shipped commercial devices named Optane that use a phase-change material as storage class memories. Condensed-matter physicists have recently been attracted to phase-change materials because of their functionality as topological insulators. If the topological phase state is controllable and applied to PC-RAM, electron spin transfer and storage effects will be further available in addition to electrical resistance switching.

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electronic materialmemorymagnetoresistance (transport)

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Materials for Advanced Semiconductor Memories
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 43 , Issue 5: Materials for Advanced Semiconductor Memories , May 2018 , pp. 347 - 351
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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