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“#Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The total amount of data stored in data centers around the globe is of the order of ten zettabytes (a zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes), and we estimate that amount doubles every couple of years.<\/p>\n

With 8% of global electricity already being consumed in information and communication technology<\/a> (ICT), low-energy data-storage is a key priority.<\/p>\n

To date there is no clear winner in the race for next-generation memory that is non-volatile, has great endurance, highly energy efficient, low cost, high density, and allows fast access operation.<\/p>\n

A joint international team comprehensively reviewed multi-state memory data storage, which steps beyond binary to store more data than just 0s and 1s.<\/p>\n

Multi-state memory: more than just zeroes and ones<\/b><\/p>\n

Multi-state memory is an extremely promising technology for future data storage, with the ability to store data in more than a single bit (i.e., zero or one) allowing much higher storage density (amount of data stored per unit area.<\/p>\n

This circumvents the plateauing of benefits historically offered by Moore’s Law, where component size halved abut every two years. In recent years, the long-predicted plateauing of Moore’s Law has been observed, with charge leakage and spiraling research and fabrication costs putting the nail in the Moore’s Law coffin.<\/p>\n

Non-volatile, multi-state memory (NMSM) offers energy efficiency, high, nonvolatility, fast access, and low cost.<\/p>\n

Storage density is dramatically enhanced without scaling down the dimensions of the memory cell, making memory devices more efficient and less expensive.<\/p>\n

Neuromorphic computer mimicking the human brain<\/b><\/p>\n

Multi-state memory also enables the proposed future technology neuromorphic computing, which would mirror the structure of the human brain. This radically-different, brain-inspired computing regime could potentially provide the economic impetus for adoption of a novel technology such as NMSM.<\/p>\n

NMSMs allow analog calculation, which could be vital to intelligent, neuromorphic networks, as well as potentially helping us finally unravel the working mechanism of the human brain itself.<\/p>\n

The paper reviews device architectures, working mechanisms, material innovation, challenges, and recent progress for leading NMSM candidates, including:<\/p>\n