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打破相位变换内存的速度限制
1Data Storage Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
概括
研究人员通过控制低电压的结晶动力学来提高相变随机访问记忆 (PCRAM) 的速度. 这一突破使下一代非易失性存储器件能够实现更快的写入速度和更好的数据保留.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 计算机科学 计算机科学
背景情况:
- 阶段变换随机访问存储器 (PCRAM) 是一个有前途的下一代数据存储技术.
- 在PCRAM的一个关键挑战是平衡快速结晶 (写入速度) 与稳定的无形相 (数据保留).
- 现有的方法难以同时优化写作速度和数据保留.
研究的目的:
- 研究一种用于控制PCRAM中的结晶动力学的新方法.
- 提高相变材料的写作速度和数据保留.
- 为了实现超越当前限制的高速,非易失性内存操作.
主要方法:
- 应用一个恒定的低电压,以诱导在相变材料中的结构前排序 (化) 效应.
- 使用ab initio分子动力学模拟来分析相变动力学.
- 研究了化辅助结晶速度增强的结构起源.
主要成果:
- 实现了 500 皮秒的结晶速度.
- 通过500比秒脉冲演示了高速可逆切换.
- 揭示了由于化效应而增加结晶速度背后的机制.
结论:
- 通过结构前排序控制结晶动力学是PCRAM增强的有效策略.
- 这种方法克服了写入速度和数据保留之间的传统权衡.
- 开辟了广泛适用的非挥发性速度运行的内存设备的道路,超过千兆赫兹的数据传输速率.
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