F1: Non-Volatile Memory Circuit Design and Technology

Solid-state non-volatile memories have seen explosive growth in the last few years in electronic applications such as memory cards, cell phones, still and video cameras, digital music, video players and other consumer electronic devices. With the memory cost per bit reducing at very aggressive rates, the industry is seeing even more solid-state non-volatile memory applications emerging such as disk caches and solid-state disks for use in personal and portable computers. Application requirements for low-cost, low-power, high-performance non-volatile memory, and major challenges associated with aggressively scaling process technologies have driven the industry to many new circuit design, architecture and technology innovations.