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Dr. Manish Jindal Dr. S. K. Mishra
Chief Executive Officer, Head- Research Analysis
NABET and Capacity Building

Positioning Flash Memory

and NVRAM Storage

In the category of next generation memory, Non-volatile Random -
Access Memory (NVRAM) has occupied an important nomenclature

It retains the access characteristics fabrication and technological fabrication and reduction in the
of conventional RAM such as DRAM, addition in the process of quality cost of flash device, industries have
FRAM, and SRAM and yet retains assurance. With the advent of anticipated its ubiquity for primary
the non-volatile characteristics of better manufacturing processes, storage with some so bold as to
secondary storage such as flash this device has been placed predict the impending outgoing of
memory. NVRAM in its various forms, and accepted in a wide array of rotating media like compact and
such as PRAM, FeRAM, and MRAM applications. digital versatile discs. But even
are under commercial exploitation with sincere efforts as made by
by major semiconducting players The flash memory device has been manufacturing players, flash has not
like IBM, Samsung, Fujitsu, Texas widely expanded for cameras, lived up to these high expectations.
Instrument, Motorola etc. In last thumb drives, laptops, phones. Efforts to upgrade flash to primary
few years, the semiconducting However, in the primary storage took the shape to bring
industries have grown competently storage media on the way of equivalence
and NVRAM has become a common
to solid state discs.
| Oc t ober - Dec ember 2 0 19 However, it is being advocated market the challenge is to find
Although
component of embedded systems
as well as commodity computers.

in scientific community whether
flash memory discs can become
prospects
a promising media in the storage
of flash are
hierarchy? In past decade, there was
tantalizing, the
use of flash memory is
an exciting time for flash memory.
uses for it that strike
process parameters adopted during
fallen drastically due to efficient
44 The cost of the memory storage has limited. With the arrival of new the right balance between cost