Can Memory Technologies Solve AI’s Growing Energy Problem?
The unprecedented rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought a unique set of challenges to the forefront of computing. Central among them is the “memory wall,” a phenomenon where the inefficiency of traditional memory systems hinders computational progress and consumes massive amounts of energy. The urgent need to address these issues was the focal point of H.-S. Philip Wong’s talk at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco. Wong, a Stanford University electrical engineer and former R&D chief at TSMC, delivered a compelling argument for a paradigm shift in memory and computing architecture. He emphasized the importance of … Read more