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Scalability Simulations for Nanomemory Systems Integrated on the Molecular Scale
Author(s) -
ZIEGLER MATTHEW M.,
PICCONATTO CARL A.,
ELLENBOGEN JAMES C.,
DEHON ANDRÉ,
WANG DELI,
ZHONG ZHAOHUI,
LIEBER CHARLES M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1292.022
Subject(s) - scalability , microelectronics , nanowire , computer science , encoder , software , embedded system , electronic engineering , computer hardware , materials science , nanotechnology , engineering , database , programming language , operating system
A bstract : Simulations were performed to assess the prospective performance of a 16 Kbit nanowire‐based electronic nanomemory system. Commercial off‐the‐shelf microcomputer system modeling software was applied to evaluate the operation of an ultra‐dense storage array. This array consists of demonstrated experimental non‐volatile nanowire diode switches, plus encoder‐decoder structures consisting of demonstrated experimental nanowire‐based nanotransistors, with nanowire interconnects among all the switching devices. The results of these simulations suggest that a nanomemory of this type can be operated successfully at a density of 10 11 bits/cm 2 . Furthermore, modest device alterations and system design alternatives are suggested that might improve the performance and the scalability of the nanomemory array. These simulations represent early steps toward the development of a simulation‐based methodology to guide nanoelectronic system design in a manner analogous to the way such methodologies are used to guide microelectronic system design in the silicon industry.