Dear Colleague,
Imec and Stanford NMTRI* are jointly organizing the 7th International Workshop on Resistive Switching Memories. Resistive memories are seen today as one of the most promising emerging candidates to become a key memory technology of the future, with many potential applications, ranging from replacement of current mass production commodity memories to embedded applications and even creating novel market segments.
This year, the workshop will be held at the imec headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, on September 7th and 8th, 2017, and will be organized with the support of imec.academy**.
This 7th Workshop will address various aspects of resistive switching memory (including oxide based RRAM, CBRAM and phase change memory), ranging from the fundamentals of materials and device physics to circuit/system and application areas, including the beyond-memory application space. Selector is a key part of the memory cell, and will be an integral part of our program.
The intention for this workshop is to serve as a forum gathering key scientists and technologists working on resistive memories, including academia as well as industry, to discuss fundamental mechanisms controlling the operation, scalability and reliability of these exciting memory devices, their technological potential, novel circuit/system needs and approaches, as well as challenges ahead.
Previous workshop editions held in imec and Stanford were very successful, with participants from industry, academia, and research consortia. This workshop will follow the same successful format of previous editions. The workshop will consist of invited talks and panel discussion, as well as a poster session aiming at encouraging a wider participation including students. To foster discussions, the workshop will be kept small and participation will be by invitation only.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 7th International Workshop on Resistive Switching Memory, we herewith are pleased to invite you to mark your calendar and plan on attending this invitation-only workshop.
For further details concerning the program, registration, as well as for practical information, please check the links at the top of this page.
We are looking forward to your participation in this year’s workshop.
Sincerely Yours,
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Dr. D.J. Wouters |
Prof. H.-S. P. Wong |
Prof. Y. Nishi |
Dr. B. Govoreanu |
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* Stanford NMTRI (Nonvolatile Memory Technology Research Initiative) is an industrial affiliate program at Stanford. URL:http://nmtri.stanford.edu/ ** imec.academy is the learning lever for both imec's own employees and the local and international industry and academia. It strives to educate, develop and inspire individuals and groups. It wants to empower them to stay successful in their research and development: learning for excellence. Its unique high-tech environment and its international top-talent enable it to combine advanced world-class expertise with hands-on applications in the domains in which imec excels. URL: http://www.imecacademy.be |
Registration
Please fill in and submit the registration form below. The advance online registration will close on August 31st, 2017. After this date please contact the organizers at: govorean@imec.be and/or imecacademy@imec.be.
Attendance fee: 120 euros (not for invited lecturers)
Workshop Program
The workshop will take place in the imec Auditorium (imec 1 building).
The final agenda of the workshop is available below and in pdf.
DAY 1: September 7th, 2017
8:15 - 9:00 – Registration & Welcome
Session 1: Fundamentals |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
M. Skowronski1, Y. Ma1, A. Herzing2, D. Li1, and J. A. Bain1 |
1CMU |
Formation of the Non-Volatile Filament in TaOx Resistive Switching Devices: A TEM Study |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Chris Regan |
UCLA |
Imaging current pathways in selector and metal oxide RRAM devices |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Sergiu Clima |
imec |
A first-principles study on possible OTS mechanisms in GeSe |
10:30 - 11:00 – Coffee break
Session 2: Selectors |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Carsten Funck |
RWTH Aachen |
Mechanism of threshold switching in NbOx |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Z. Jiang, S. Qin, H. Li, S. Simon Wong, H.-S. P. Wong |
Stanford University |
Selector requirements for 3D vertical RRAM |
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Hongxin Yang |
Avalanche Technology |
Volatile Switch Selector development for 3D RRAM and STT-MRAM |
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break (sandwiches)
Session 3: RRAM-1 |
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13:30 - 14:00 |
Susanne Hoffman-Eifert |
FZ Juelich |
Stable counter-8 wise and 8 wise switching in OxRAM cells containing TiO2 layer |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
Attilio Belmonte |
imec |
Stack engineering of WOx - based CBRAM: identifying the material properties for improving reliability |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Hangbing Lv, Ming Liu |
Institute of Microelectronics, CAS |
3D RRAM for Storage Class Memory Application |
15:00 - 15:30 – Coffee break
Session 4: RRAM-2 |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Philippe Boivin |
ST Microelectronics |
Embedded Memory requirements for IoT |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Kazuyuki Kouno |
Panasonic |
ReRAM device and circuit design for memory and future beyond-memory applications |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Eric Lee |
Macronix |
Recent WOx ReRAM Results, Applications, and Outlook |
17:00 - 18:00 – Posters Session
19:30 - 22:30 – Dinner at the Faculty Club
DAY 2: September 8th, 2017
Session 5: Applications: Neuromorphic Computing |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
Daniele Ielmini |
Politecnico di Milano |
Neuromorphic hardware for pattern learning with memristive synapses |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Praveen Raghavan |
imec |
OxRAM as an neuromorphic element: what are the possibilities? |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Shimeng Yu |
Arizona State University |
System-level Benchmark of Resistive Synaptic Device Characteristics for Neuro-inspired Computing |
10:30 - 11:00 – Coffee break
Session 6: PCM - 1 |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Matthias Wuttig |
RWTH Aachen University |
Chalcogenide materials exploration for PCM and OTS applications |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
S. Fong, C. Neumann |
Stanford University |
Thermal confinement of PCM using dielectric multilayer stacks |
12:00 - 13:30 – Lunch (cold buffet)
Session 7: PCM - 2 |
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13:30 - 14:00 |
Enrico Varesi |
Micron |
Highlights and challenges of chalcogenide supperlattice PCM |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
Keh-Chung Wang |
Macronix |
Recent Progress and Prospect of PCMs |
14:30 - 15:00 – Coffee break
Session 7: Exploratory – Memory & Beyond |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Mario Lanza |
Soochow University |
Status and prospects of 2D materials based memristors |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Joshua J. Yang |
Univ. Mass. Amherst |
Challenges and possible solutions for RRAM-based computing |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
Laurent Cario |
Nantes |
Mott insulator for implementing single component LIF artificial neuron |
16:45 - 18:00 -- Panel discussion
- Topic: Is PCM the next RRAM?
- Panelists:
- Philippe Boivin (ST Microelectronics), Geoffrey Burr (IBM), Daniele Ielmini (Politecnico di Milano), Kazunari Ishimaru (Toshiba), Takumi Mikawa (Panasonic), Keh-Chung Wang (Macronix)
18:00 – 18:15 Workshop Closure
Getting There
Leuven is easily accessible by train and by car.
When getting to Belgium by plane, Brussels Airport (Zaventem) is the closest airport.
Brussels South Airport (Charleroi) is about one-hour drive from Leuven.
When getting to Belgium by international train, the international railway station is Brussels South (Bruxelles Midi).
Accommodation
Hotel The Lodge
Beautifully restored farmstead which was transformed into a stylish hotel and is just a 10-minute walk from imec.
Hotel Novotel Leuven Centre
Cosy hotel with modern rooms within walking distance of the train and bus station and the city centre.
Reaching imec is possible by bus: bus line 2 (stop Campus Arenberg) or bus line 616 (stop Celestijnenlaan). https://www.delijn.be/en
Pentahotel
Cool designed hotel with an air of comfort and warmth.
Reaching imec is possible by bus: bus line 2 (stop Campus Arenberg) or bus line 616 (stop Celestijnenlaan).https://www.delijn.be/en
Begijnhof Hotel
Beautiful hotel around the UNESCO world heritage beguinage of Leuven.
Tervuursevest 70
Other hotels in Leuven: http://www.visitleuven.be/nl/overnachten
Please ask for the imec rate.
If, next to the Workshop, you plan on attending ESSDERC 2017 as well, you may also consider accommodation using the ESSDERC rate, and ask the hotel to extend this duration to your whole stay (where possible).