Emerging memory technology perspective

Memories are getting increasing importance since they are becoming fundamental in the definition of the electronic system. Presently the industry standard technologies are still DRAM and Flash that have been able to guarantee the cost sustainability thanks to the continuous scaling. The NAND/DRAM miniaturization is becoming increasingly difficult and moreover new applications are requiring higher memory density and better performances. Therefore there are good opportunities for the alternative memory technologies to enter into the market and replace/displace the standard ones.