Since the end of the 1990s, the decrease in the miniaturization of electronic components and the prediction of the imminent end of the application of Moore’s law has encouraged new research regarding new systems that would be able to replace the well-established silicon technology. This is particularly the case in the field of electronic memories, in which new systems are proposed, which are able to increase miniaturization and consequently to reduce energy consumption.
The book describes the recent research and implementations in relation to the design of a new generation of non-volatile electronic memories. The objective is to replace existing memories (DRAM, SRAM, EEPROM, Flash, etc.) with a universal memory model likely to reach better performances than the current types of memory (extremely high commutation speeds, high implantation densities and retention time of information of about ten years).
