Cache memory associated with processors makes it faster to access the data. Currently SRAM cells are used to make cache memory, which uses six transistors to make a cell to store 1-bit. The other alternative is SDRAM, which is much more expensive.
Intel is known for its high-speed processors and has made a lot of advancement in the field. Researchers have a design ready to launch its ‘penery’ 65nm chipset and now are working on “floating-body cell” transistors that will enable them to built processors with higher amounts of on-chip memory.
The company aims to build a technology to store 1-bit on one transistor. The floating body mechanism consists of a memory cell sitting in between a gate on top and an oxide layer on the bottom, with the substrate of the chip beneath the oxide layer. The researchers have further modified the design that uses two rates and by varying the thickness of oxide layer, which will provide the chip with right charge required for a particular type of memory.
The theory may come into implementation in the next three to seven years.
Via: CNet
