Title :
Great Encounters Leading Me to the Inventions of Flash Memories and Surrounding Gate Transistor Technology
Author_Institution :
Unisantis Electron. Japan, Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents the history of the erasable programmable read-only memory, flash memories, and DRAM as encountered by the author.
Keywords :
DRAM chips; flash memories; history; DRAM; erasable programmable read-only memory; flash memories; surrounding gate transistor technology; Cost benefit analysis; Flash memories; Low power electronics; Memory cells; Scalability;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSSC.2013.2278058