CMU MEMS Laboratory Publication Abstract |
in Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 87, Issue 9, pp. 6680-6685, May 2000. | |
Single-Chip Computers with Microelectromechanical Systems-Based Magnetic Memory | |
R. Carley, J. Bain, G. Fedder, D. Greve, D. F. Guillou, M. S. Lu, T. Mukherjee, S. Santhanam, L. Abelmann and S. Min
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This article describes an approach for implementing a complete computer system (CPU, RAM, I/O, and nonvolatile mass memory) on a single integrated-circuit substrate (a chip) hence, the name single-chip computer. The approach presented combines advances in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and micromagnetics with traditional low-cost very-large-scale integrated circuit style parallel lithographic manufacturing. The primary barrier to the creation of a computer on a chip is the incorporation of a high-capacity [many gigabytes (GB)] re-writable nonvolatile memory (in today s terminology, a disk drive) into an integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process. This article presents the following design example: a MEMS-based magnetic memory that can store over 2 GB of data in 2 cm² of die area and whose fabrication is compatible with a standard IC manufacturing process. | |
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