Development Trends and Challenges of Non-Volatile Memory

Non-volatile memory is one of the most important technologies in integrated circuits, widely used across various fields—including information technology, aerospace, military and national defense, new energy, and scientific research—and boasts a massive market. Currently, the mainstream non-volatile memory technology—“flash memory” based on floating-gate structures—is approaching its physical limits in terms of size scaling, making it increasingly difficult to further enhance storage density and performance to meet the demands of the big-data era for information storage and processing. This report will provide an overview of the current state and challenges facing the global and Chinese memory industry, as well as the academic research landscape of non-volatile memory and the research progress made by the Institute of Microelectronics in this field.

　　Non-volatile memory is one of the most important technologies in integrated circuits, widely used across various fields including information technology, aerospace, military and defense, new energy, and scientific research, and boasts a huge market potential. Currently, the mainstream non-volatile memory technology—“flash memory” based on floating-gate structures—is approaching its physical limits in terms of size scaling, making it increasingly difficult to further enhance storage density and performance to meet the demands of big data era for information storage and processing. This report will introduce the current status and challenges facing the global and Chinese memory industry, as well as the academic research trends in non-volatile memory and the research progress made by the Institute of Microelectronics in this field.

Key words: