Scope of the conference

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In the new era of ‘ambient intelligence’ the memory is at the heart of the new and complex electronic systems that pervade our everyday life. Moore’s Law is driving the development of new technologies and international R&D at an un-relenting pace. Europe and Japan are playing a major role in this technological progress, spurred on by the development of new materials with remarkable magnetic, electrical or physical properties. The chalcogenide material family, discovered in the 1960s by S. R. Ovshinsky and fine tuned for optical storage applications by Matsushita peoples is a classic example of such materials.

Memory technology can be classified in general terms into four main types:
Magnetic (hard disk, tape ..)
Solid state (RAM, ROM, Flash ..)
Optical (CD, DVD, Blu-ray, holography ..)
Emerging (probe storage, biological storage ..)

Currently magnetic storage technology is the main supplier of storage capacity, as hard disk drives account for more than 80% of the total global capacity. On the other hand the CD/DVD technology has led to mass market applications and plays also an important role. Microelectronics has provided the micro-processors and controllers that allow an efficient and effective memory management. Historically R&D for these areas has been made in Europe, Japan and the USA, but increasingly mass production is located in Korea, China and Taiwan. The future presents the possibility to create new activities and employment in the EU and Japan by exploring opportunities in the new ‘ambient intelligence’ era to build new complex memory systems.
The first joint E-PCOS/IMST conference is an unique opportunity to discover, exchange and present the latest R&D developments for future memory technologies.

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