Memristor or MooreMemory

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Memristor or MooreMemory: Once theoretical device/s (as recently as 2 years ago...) capable of larger and faster feats of computer memory storage and other applications:  Suggested second name based on Moore's Law (or supposed violation of the same...).

FOM: Hewlett Packard Outlines Computer Memory of the Future - BBC NEWS and Memristor



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Phoristor

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Phoristor: The portmanteau of phosphorus and transistor. (1) Suggested name for a new, novel transistor based on one atom of phosphorus in silicon. A breakthrough. (2) From (1): any transistor based on a single atom embedded in another elemental matrix.


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FOM: Single-atom transistor discovered












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FinFET

FinFET: Not a new term, but new advances are being made in this transistor technology. Partial acronym for: Fin Field Effect Transistor.

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FOM: New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors, More Powerful Chips.
Purdue University. "New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors, More Powerful Chips." ScienceDaily 11 November 2009. 11 November 2009 .





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