SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermolecular, Inc.
(NASDAQ: IMI), the trusted partner for advanced materials
innovation, today announced its High-Throughput Experimentation
Platform for materials discovery for selectors used in
next-generation non-volatile memory technology (NVM) in 3D
Crosspoint architectures. Using both PVD and ALD technologies to
evaluate chalcogenides, IMI has demonstrated its value proposition
of performing a high number of experiments in a short period of
time, for evaluating a wide range of complex and/or toxic materials
in a rapid and cost effective manner. This allows customers to
dramatically speed the screening, discovery and implementation of
the right selector materials, while also ensuring their suitability
for high-volume manufacturability and reliability.
"The rapid move towards next-generation NVM memories in 3D
Crosspoint architectures has created a critical need for current
steering devices or selectors," said Milind
Weling, senior vice president of Programs and Operations at
Intermolecular. "Chalcogenides are promising selector materials but
the specific elements and composition spaces showing selector
behavior per specific key performance metrics is not well known.
Using our High-Throughout Experimentation platform, combined with
Intermolecular's extensive know-how and experience with advanced
memories and chalcogenides, we can dramatically speed the discovery
and reliable characterization of these challenging materials
compositions for emerging NVM devices."
The Key Element in Next-Generation Volatile
Memories
Studying new materials is expensive, slow and
constraining for the speed and quality of materials innovation
required, sometimes taking up to six months for their introduction
into memory fabs. The complexity, toxicity and diversity of the
materials to choose from has proven to be extremely challenging for
memory companies, thereby creating a critical need in the industry
for better ways to screen and discover selector materials stacks.
Chalcogenides have proven extremely challenging to deposit and
characterize, yet the advantages they bring are so critical and
useful that memory device makers are searching for how to realize
these new materials. Co-optimization of chalcogenides for specific
compositions and electrical operation enables customers to meet
performance, density and reliability specifications for these
devices. Use of high-throughput experimentation for such advanced
co-optimization can provide memory manufacturers with substantial
competitive advantages as they bring next generation memory devices
to market. Intermolecular has screened thousands of chalcogenide
compositions over a four-year period and demonstrated promising
selector behavior in several systems with different mechanisms.
Upcoming Presentation at Flash Memory Summit
(FMS)
Intermolecular has a strong presence at next week's
FMS 2017, with participation in two technical panels highlighting
the challenges and solutions in developing selector technology for
3D crosspoint memory:
- 3D XPoint: Current Applications and Implementations;
Milind Weling, SVP, Programs and
Operations
- 3D XPoint in 2022: Where We Are and How We Get There;
Karl Littau, senior principal
scientist, CTO Office
Intermolecular is also chairing a "Chat with the Experts" table
over beer and pizza on Resistive Random Access Memories (RRAM).
Topical co-chairs for the RRAM table are: Mark Clark, senior director, Technology and
Joy Watanabe, senior director,
Customer Enablement.
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About Intermolecular, Inc.
Intermolecular is the
trusted partner for advanced materials innovation.
Advanced materials are at the core of innovation in the
21st century for a wide range of industries
including semiconductors, consumer electronics, automotive and
aerospace. With its substantial materials expertise, accelerated
learning and experimentation platform and customer-driven
approach, Intermolecular has a decade of experience helping
leading companies accelerate materials innovation.
"Intermolecular" and the Intermolecular logo are registered
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