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Traditional DRAM-based main memory systems face several challenges with memory refresh overhead, high latency, and low throughput as the industry moves towards smaller DRAM cells. These issues have been exacerbated by the emergence of…
We measure power dissipation in phase change memory (PCM) devices by scanning Joule ex-pansion microscopy (SJEM) with ~50 nm spatial and 0.2 K temperature resolution. The temperature rise in the Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) is dominated by Joule…
With the help of quantum mechanics one can formulate a model of associative memory with optimal storage capacity. I generalize this model by introducing a parameter playing the role of an effective temperature. The corresponding…
For decades, conventional computers based on the von Neumann architecture have performed computation by repeatedly transferring data between their processing and their memory units, which are physically separated. As computation becomes…
Adding thermal conductivity enhancements to increase thermal power in solid-liquid phase-change thermal energy storage modules compromises volumetric energy density and often times reduces the mass and volume of active phase change material…
The switchable optical and electrical properties of phase change materials (PCMs) are finding new applications beyond data storage in reconfigurable photonic devices. However, high power heat pulses are needed to melt-quench the material…
Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in electric vehicles and grid energy storage systems. Compared to cylindrical batteries, prismatic cells are the primary choice because of their advantage for dense packing. However, thermal runaway and…
Phase change memories (PCM) is an emerging type of non-volatile memory that has shown a strong presence in the data-storage market. This technology has recently attracted significant research interest in the development of non-Von Neumann…
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The thermal properties of amorphous and crystalline phases in chalcogenide phase change materials (PCM) play a key role in device performance for non-volatile random-access memory. Here, we report the nanothermal morphology of amorphous and…
Interfacial Phase Change Memory (iPCM) retrench unnecessary power consumption due to wasted heat generated during phase change by reducing unnecessary entropic loss. In this study, an advanced iPCM (GeTe/Ti-Sb2Te3 Superlattice) is…
One of the most widely used active materials for phase-change memories (PCM), the ternary stoichiometric compound Ge$_2$Sb$_2$Te$_5$ (GST), has a low crystallization temperature of around 150$^\circ$C. One solution to achieve higher…
Thermoelectric effects are envisioned to reduce programming currents in nanopillar phase change memory cells. However, due to the inherent symmetry in such a structure, the contribution due to thermoelectric effects on programming currents…
DRAM-based main memory and its associated components increasingly account for a significant portion of application performance bottlenecks and power budget demands inside the computing ecosystem. To alleviate the problems of storage density…
We propose a novel hybrid mode interferometer (HMI) leveraging the interference of hybridized TE-TM modes in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide integrated with a GeSe phase change material (PCM) layer. The SOI waveguide's dimensions are…
Polyurethane (PU) possesses excellent thermal properties, making it an ideal material for thermal insulation. Incorporating Phase Change Materials (PCMs) capsules into Polyurethane (PU) has proven to be an effective strategy for enhancing…
Electronically reprogrammable photonic circuits based on phase-change chalcogenides present an avenue to resolve the von-Neumann bottleneck; however, implementation of such hybrid photonic-electronic processing has not achieved…
In the last decade phase change materials (PCM) research has switched from practical application in optical data storage toward electrical phase change random access memory technologies (PCRAM). As these devices are commercialised, we…
This paper presents a study on the design optimization of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) using a cylindrical cavity and Gallium as a Phase Change Material (PCM). The objective is to improve the time span of charging and discharging, as well…
Superlattice-like phase change memory (SL-PCM) promises lower switching current than conventional PCM based on Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST). However, a fundamental understanding of SL-PCM requires detailed characterization of the interfaces within such…