Visit the Direct Insight web site
Click on the advert above to visit the company web site

Product category: Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: STMicroelectronics | Subject: Phase-change memory
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 June 2004

Phase-change memory promises Flash
replacement

Request your FREE weekly copy of the Electronicstalk email newsletter. News about Memory Devices and Modules and more every issue. Click here for details.

STMicroelectronics is claiming significant progress in the development of a new type of electronic memory that could eventually replace Flash memory technology.

STMicroelectronics is claiming significant progress in the development of a new type of electronic memory that could eventually replace Flash memory technology The new technology, called phase-change memory (PCM), potentially offers better performance than Flash, with benefits such as faster read and write times, greater endurance, and the ability to write to individual memory addresses

Most importantly, it is also inherently more scalable t