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EU funding (€3,340,621): Piezoelectronic Transduction Memory Device Hor1 Dec 2015 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"

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Piezoelectronic Transduction Memory Device

Computer clock speeds have not increased since 2003, creating a challenge to invent a successor to CMOS technology able to resume performance improvement. The key requirements for a viable alternative are scalability to nanoscale dimensions – following Moore’s Law – and simultaneous reduction of line voltage in order to limit switching power. Achieving these two aims for both transistors and memory allows clock speed to again increase with dimensional scaling, a result that would have great impact across the IT industry. We propose to demonstrate an entirely new low-voltage, memory element that makes use of internal transduction in which a voltage state external to the device is converted to an internal acoustic signal that drives an insulator-metal transition. Modelling based on the properties of known materials at device dimensions on the 15 nm scale predicts that this mechanism enables device operation at voltages an order of magnitude lower than CMOS technology while achieving 10GHz operating speed; power is thus reduced two orders.


Funded Companies:

Company name Funding amount
AIXACCT SYSTEMS GmbH €338,250
DCA-INSTRUMENTS Oy €397,344
EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT €0.00
Electrosciences Ltd. €55,000
IBM RESEARCH GmbH €0.00
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN e. V. €648,060
NPL Management Ltd. €348,609
Sintef AS €112,500
SOLMATES B.V. €374,313
Stiftelsen Sintef €326,988
The BIO Nano Centre Ltd. LBG €532,809
The University of Edinburgh €0.00
Universiteit Gent €206,750

Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/688282

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