Digital Memory Based on 2D Metal (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Digital Memory Based on 2D Metal

Caption

This illustrates how an experimental memory technology stores data by shifting the relative position of three atomically thin layers of metal, depicted as gold balls. The swirling colors reveal how a shift in the middle layer affects the motion of electrons in a way that encodes digital ones and zeroes.

Credit

Illustration by Ella Maru Studios

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