Demand for Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) Has Increased Due to Increasing Adoption of Wearable Devices

 

The resistive random access memory (RRAM) is used in many applications, including desktop machines and laptops, personal digital assistants, medical equipment, industrial, and even embedded systems. The technology is often used as an add-on to other forms of RAM for faster speed or lower cost. Although it can be used as a stand-alone memory device, many systems also include dedicated random access memory because it operates at a lower speed than the main memory. RRAM is a very useful invention which enables the easy accessibility of data.

In fact, it is being used in daily lives, in computer and other electronic appliances. In addition, this type of memory is also used in many common devices such as digital cameras, mp3 players and personal digital assistants. Due to the many benefits that this type of memory provides, its demand is increasing every day. One of its popular advantages is its ability to record and playback data easily, allowing the access of information to be done in a flash.

The resistive random access memory is a form of non-volatile memory, works by altering the physical resistance across a non-resin, electrically-insulated solid-state device, often called a Memristor. A resistive random access memory based computer system uses electric signals to change the position of the Memristor, which causes the information it's holding to be altered in a non-volatile state. Depending on the polarity of the applied voltage, the RRAM can be classified into two types of switching modes; such as unipolar switching and bipolar switching.

There is an increasing demand for resistive random access memory in the consumer electronics, especially wearable devices, such as smartwatches. For example, in 2019, around 20.1 million smartwatches were sold in the United States. Moreover, according to a survey on digital health, in Singapore, around 38% of respondents stated that they used wearable technology to manage their health in 2020. Thus, with the increasing demand for wearable devices, demand for RRAM is also increasing with a rapid pace.