For more than a decade, polymer memory devices have lingered in the queue of novel organic candidates for “next-generation” computer data-storage-and-retrieval chip technology. The time for PMDs might finally be at hand … even if the first application is the humble radio-frequency identification tags used in retail store product tracking and toll-road electronic collection systems. As silicon technologies plunge ever deeper into nano-scale dimensions, pushing microchip densities to the level of the atom, business is looking for inexpensive alternatives.
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Fantastic Plastic, Part 3: Polymemories
Posted by: Ned Madden February 10, 2011 05:00 AMFor more than a decade, polymer memory devices have lingered in the queue of novel organic candidates for “next-generation” computer data-storage-and-retrieval chip technology. The time for PMDs might finally be at hand … even if the first application is the humble radio-frequency identification tags used in retail store product tracking and toll-road electronic collection systems. As silicon technologies plunge ever deeper into nano-scale dimensions, pushing microchip densities to the level of the atom, business is looking for inexpensive alternatives.