A research team led by Chair Professor Shinhyun Choi from the School of Electrical Engineering and the Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology has developed a programmable dynamic memtransistor (PDM), a semiconductor device whose time-response characteristics can be set to and retain multiple states, as well as an integrated array based on the device.

The research is published in the journal Nature Communications.

A memtransistor is a next-generation semiconductor device that combines the information storage function of memory with the computing function of a transistor. In the PDM, the ability to process data while retaining previous information allows its response characteristics to be adjusted and retained for incoming data.