USP Researcher Develops Innovative Computer Memory Using Graphene

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 01/02/2023 at 12:48

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The Researcher Marina Sparvoli Developed a Computer Memory That Could Revolutionize the Technology Market. The New Discovery Uses Graphene and Offers Several Benefits.

A researcher from the University of São Paulo (USP) developed an innovative technique for producing memristors, essential electronic components for neuromorphic computing, which mimics the brain, and for computers that do not lose data during power outages. Marina Sparvoli and her colleagues at USP developed a computer memory mechanism based on memristors using materials never before combined for this purpose, creating a Resistive Memory (ReRAM) using graphene.

Researcher Uses Graphene in Computer Memory

The new memristor architecture consists of a layer of graphene deposited between indium tin oxynitride (ITON) contacts, wrapped in an aluminum casing.

The energy passes through the component generating an electromagnetic field, depending on the voltage, a filament forms or does not form that acts on the resistive switching phenomenon, that is, the component changes between a low resistance behavior to electric current and a high resistance one.

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Advantage of Resistive Memory with Graphene

Although its theory first emerged in the 1970s by Filipino Leon Ong Chua, resistive memories only began to be tested in 2008, with the practical confirmation of the operation of this fourth essential electronic component, the memristor.

The great benefit of this new technology from the USP researcher is that, unlike current electronic memories, the information contained in resistive memories does not disappear when the device is turned off. However, despite intense research efforts in the field, there are still no computers with this type of technology.

When you turn on a regular computer, the operating system, which can be Windows, Linux, or MAC OS, is copied from the permanent storage device, which is slower, to the RAM, which is much faster.

This process is time-consuming; however, with the use of ReRAM memories, it could be bypassed. Additionally, memristors are tiny, with only a few hundred atoms thick, and can act like biological neural connections. They are a type of artificial neuron, capable of mimicking synapses.

Understand How the New Graphene Computer Memory Works

This type of memory developed by the USP researcher operates with high and low resistance states that correspond to the binary code of machine language, 0 and 1. In regular computers, this writing is represented not by resistance but by low, high (V) and off (0) or on (1) voltages.

The filaments of the memristors whose resistance changes are in the nanometer scale, promising an infinite amount of information stored in a tiny storage space.

According to a head of the USP laboratory, Professor José Chubaci, this is a project at the frontier of global knowledge, which could be used in the international market in 10, 15, or 20 years. Marina managed to generate resistive memories using graphene with ITON, indium-tin oxide doped with nitrogen, expanding the research space in the field.

Source: Jornal da USP

USP Researcher Develops Innovative Computer Memory Using Graphene

The Researcher Marina Sparvoli Developed a Computer Memory That Could Revolutionize the Technology Market. The New Discovery Uses Graphene and Offers Several Benefits.

Researcher Uses Graphene in Computer Memory

Advantage of Resistive Memory with Graphene

Understand How the New Graphene Computer Memory Works

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USP Researcher Develops Innovative Computer Memory Using Graphene

The Researcher Marina Sparvoli Developed a Computer Memory That Could Revolutionize the Technology Market. The New Discovery Uses Graphene and Offers Several Benefits.

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Advantage of Resistive Memory with Graphene

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