High-density memory: a switch in time.

作者: Philip Ball

DOI: 10.1038/445362A

关键词: Semiconductor industryNanotechnologyElectrical engineeringComputer sciencePostage StampsHigh densityBall (bearing)

摘要: By 2020 the semiconductor industry wants a memory device that can store trillion bits of information in an area size postage stamp. As companies race towards this goal, chemists are coming up with unusual approach. Philip Ball reports.

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