Previously, I provided a detailed introduction to the history of HDDs, floppy disks, and CDs. You may have noticed that in our daily lives, there are actually many more storage media than the three mentioned above. The USB drives, TF cards, SD cards we frequently use, as well as the DDR memory and SSDs used … Read more
Source: Semiconductors and Physics Original Author: Yi Zheke Floating gate transistors are mainly used in non-volatile memory, such as the basic unit in NAND flash. This article introduces the structure and principle of floating gate transistors. The above image shows the basic composition of a floating gate transistor, which adds a floating gate layer between … Read more
With the rapid iteration of emerging applications such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and smart vehicles, the market has raised higher demands for data storage in terms of speed, power consumption, capacity, and reliability. Storage technology is continually facing new challenges. Among the current mainstream storage technologies, while DRAM is fast, it has … Read more
Source: WeChat Official Account “Semiconductor Industry Observation” ✎ Editor’s Note In the mid-20th century, the IEEE Electronics and Electrical Engineers Association established an organization called ITRS, which annually published a technology roadmap for the semiconductor field— the ITRS (International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors). However, in 2017, IEEE stopped updating ITRS and renamed it IRDS, believing … Read more
In the past year, a trend contrary to Moore’s Law has emerged in a certain integrated circuit market – chip prices have increased! According to Moore’s Law, each chip should depreciate by half after 18 months. This market is the memory market, more precisely – DRAM memory. Over the past year, DRAM prices have risen … Read more
Source: Semiconductor Industry Observation Memory, as an important component of semiconductor devices, accounts for as much as 20% of semiconductor products. As a significant type of semiconductor product, the global semiconductor market sales for memory reached $77.2 billion in 2015, representing a 23% share of the semiconductor product market, with total sales of $335.2 billion. … Read more
With the advancement of the wave of intelligence and electrification, the content of automotive chips has increased exponentially. The semiconductor content in electric vehicles is about twice that of fuel vehicles, while smart vehicles have 8-10 times more. In 2020, the global demand for automotive chips was approximately 43.9 billion units, and it is expected … Read more
E Course Network Integrated Editor Integrated Circuit (integrated circuit) is a type of micro electronic device or component. It uses a certain process to interconnect the necessary components such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, and inductors in a circuit, fabricating them on a small piece or several small pieces of semiconductor wafers or dielectric substrates, and … Read more
Source: Fresh Date Classroom Original Author: Little Date Jun The USB drives, TF cards, SD cards we often use, as well as DDR memory and SSD hard drives used in computers, all belong to the technology we call “semiconductor storage”. Today, I will focus on sharing knowledge in this area. █ Classification of Semiconductor Storage … Read more
Source: Technology Makes Dreams Greater Compiled by: Li Xiaoyao A few days ago, I happened to discuss some knowledge about ROM, RAM, and FLASH with my colleagues. Suddenly, when we talked about these English terms, we realized our understanding was quite superficial. Among us, the meanings of some MCU terms were also unclear, so tonight … Read more