Nonvolatile memory technology: a view of the future

Summary form only given. Intel's ETOX flash memory technology has followed Moore's Law for nine generations and with the introduction of 90 nm technology, moves into the nanotechnology age. Scaling is expected to continue but with increasingly difficulty. A number of new technologies are proposed as future candidates, including many based on newnano technology concepts reported recently. With memory cost as the value set, the attributes leading to low cost memory are discussed and be used to compare the different new nanomemories. Multi-level, multi-layer and seek and scan memories have the potential to be the lowest cost.