Nanoporous Silicon Oxide Is Back in the Race for Resistive Memory

New fabrication trick for silicon oxide RRAM boosts key performance metrics, allows storage of nine bits per cell

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Nanoporous Silicon Oxide Is Back in the Race for Resistive Memory
RRAM stores bits as resistance rather than charge. Conductive filaments form across the silicon oxide when voltage is applied.
Illustration: Tour Group/Rice University