Abstract

For many computing applications, the processing power of today's high performance computers is limited by the data storage capacity and retrieval rates of current memory systems rather than by the processing speeds of the central processing units. The electronic storage industry is responding to this challenge by de-eloping novel packaging approaches to provide higher capacity electronic SRAM's, DRAM's, and flash memory systems in smaller and smaller dimensions. Recently, flash memory systems that can store up to 30 MB in about 4 cm² have been announced which bridges the gap between primary and secondary storage systems.

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