We state that a static memory cell requires at least four transistors and a DRAM cell can use one transistor per bit. Could a memory ever use less than one transistor per bit to store data? Can you imagine a mechanism that could store more than one bit per transistor?
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A single transistor can store only one binary digit, bit. That is, of course, if it is storing digital information in a two?state (on/off) way. However, if a transistor or any other device stores data in an analog (i.e., multi?level) form, there is no limit to the amount of the information that can be stored (ok, there is – the information that
can be stored would be determined by the number of states that can be discerned which is, itself, determined by noise levels). For example, data could be stored by varying the amount of charge on a gate and measuring it (this mechanism already exists in some flash memories) or by varying the resistance of a
conductor (e.g., in Ovonic memory).
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