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To: goldsnow who wrote (7035)9/28/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire  Read Replies (3) of 10921
 
>>the next generation of memory chips - FeRAMS and DRAMS - will
be using noble metals, including
platinum, iridium, and ruthenium as electrodes in the capacitor structure. Apparently
the use of the platinum
group metals increases the lifetime and maintains the integrity of the films used on
these chips.<<

The amount of metal (any metal) used in semiconductor wafer processing is insignificant in terms of world metals markets.

Next generation RAM chips use platinum group metals because the high dielectric constant material used as the insulator is highly reactive with other materials.

Katherine
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