PLEDM

PLEDM "(Phase-state Low Electron (hole)-number Drive Memory)" is a type of memory chip, developed in 1999 at Hitachi's laboratory at the University of Cambridge. PLEDM is based on PLEDTR technology. [Cambridge Hitachi Corporate Technology Group- [http://www.hitachi-eu.com/r&d/rdcentres/pledm.htm PLEDM] ]

Features

*nonvolatile memory
*read/write time less than 10 nanoseconds
*one transistor for each memory cell
*reduced power consumption [IEEE description: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/uk.nakazato/ISSCC2000.pdf] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.hitachi-eu.com/r&d/rdcentres/pledm.htm Hitachi tech. group]
* [http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?searchtype=2&DicID=18550&RefType=Encyclopedia&guid=914AF868AFCA494D97D4A5D1C57C2B00 Smart Computing description]