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Investigation on ultra-high density and high speed non-volatile Phase Change Random Access Memory (PCRAM) by material engineering

Yeo et al., 2006

Document ID
3897254482645310229
Author
Yeo E
Shi L
Zhao R
Chong T
Publication year
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL)

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In this paper, ultra-high memory density and high speed non-volatile phase change random access memory (PCRAM) was investigated by material engineering. The melting point, crystallization point and activation energy of crystallization of the Bismuth (Bi) doped …
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