A transistor that is smaller than today's silicon transistors and yet has a built-in memory material in its gate oxide, called ferroelectric transistors, could change the face of computing by allowing instant-on operation as well as eliminate the need for RAM and flash by running faster than DRAM and denser than flash: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog and EE Times
The ferroelectric material pictured on a germanium channel above a silicon substrate retains its polarization indefinitely making any computers built from FeFETs instant-on
The measurement set-up using negative-biased conductive scanning probe to sense switching in ferroelectric layer.
