Researchers of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and University of Tokyo are working on new type of flash memory that will be smaller in size, more energy efficient and last longer than current flash memory.  The new ferroelectric memory chips will last 10,000 times longer than today’s flash memory chips. Another limitation that the new chip will overcome is size as flash memory chips can be decreased in size up to 20 nanometers only.  The prototype ferroelectric chips can be scaled down to 10 nanometers and the technology is still in development. The new ferroelectric chips will use less than six volts to rewrite, as opposed to 20 volts used by today’s chips making it more power efficient also. This is another addition to the line of upcoming memory technologies that will one day replace flash memory. There is no word on when we should expect to see this technology in market.
[Via Macnn]