Recent progress in RRAM technology: From compact models to applications

Abstract

We survey the recent progress in the research and development of RRAM technology in the past decade, ranging from compact models to involving applications. In particular, we first present an overview of the representative compact models that have been developed to capture essential electrical/chemical/thermal properties of RRAM such as IV characteristics, switching dynamics, variability and reliability, etc. We then present the product development and commercialization progress of RRAM in traditional applications as a drop-in replacement to Flash including both embedded and standalone memory, and in emerging applications as storage class memory (SCM). We finally survey work in the nascent field of developing alternative non-Von Neumann architectures using RRAM, opening up broad opportunities beyond memory and storage.