Gouri Sankar Kar

VP R&D compute & memory device technologies at imec
Author

Gouri Sankar Kar received the PhD degree in semiconductor device physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Khragput, India in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, he was a visiting scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, where he worked with Nobel Laureate (1985, Quantum Hall Effect) Prof. Klaus von Klitzing on quantum dot FET. In 2006, he joined Infineon/Qimonda in Dresden, Germany as lead integration engineer. There he worked on the vertical transistor for DRAM application. In 2009, he joined imec, Leuven, Belgium, where he is currently ‎distinguished member of technical staff (DMTS). In this role, he defines the strategy and vision for RRAM, DRAM-MIMCAP and STT-MRAM programs both for stand-alone and embedded applications.
 

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Authored articles

Cleanroom technicians in white suits operating semiconductor equipment in a bright lab

Disrupting the DRAM roadmap with capacitor-less IGZO-DRAM technology

25/03/2025
Technology review
Memory & storage

2T0C IGZO-based DRAM opens doors to high-density 3D DRAM and embedded DRAM

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Silicon wafer with a colorful patterned chip array in a lab holder

Introducing 2D-material based devices in the logic scaling roadmap

16/01/2025
Page-turner
Logic devices

A path from planar 2D-FETs to high-performance 2D-CFETs

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Groene lichtpuntjes verspreid over horizontale lagen, als een abstract beeld van vloeistofgeheugen

Bringing SOT-MRAM technology closer to last-level cache memory specifications

16/12/2024
Research update
Memory & storage

Device performance improvement, full array integration, and increased understanding of magnetic immunity

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Groene lichtpuntjes verspreid over horizontale lagen, als een abstract beeld van vloeistofgeheugen

The promise of OTS-only memories for next-gen compute system architectures

06/06/2024
Longread
Memory & storage

The discovery of a memory effect in ovonic threshold switching (OTS) devices paves the way to a new compute express link (CXL) memory

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Microscope cross-section of a semiconductor structure with repeating narrow contacts and 100 nm scale bar

The promise of OTS-only memories for next-gen compute system architectures

11/03/2024
Featured in the media
Memory & storage

The discovery of a memory effect in ovonic threshold switching (OTS) devices paves the way to a new compute express link (CXL) memory

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Cleanroom technicians in white suits operating semiconductor equipment in a bright lab

IGZO-based DRAM for energy- and area-efficient analog in-memory computing

02/01/2024
Longread
Memory & storage

First experimental demonstration of multilevel, multiply accumulate operations on IGZO-based 2-transistor-1-capacitor (2T1C) and 2T0C cells

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Groene lichtpuntjes verspreid over horizontale lagen, als een abstract beeld van vloeistofgeheugen

Novel SOT-MRAM architecture opens doors to high-density last-level cache memory applications

16/02/2023
Research update
Memory & storage

First demonstration of field-free, gate-voltage assisted SOT-based switching operation in a multi-pillar configuration

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Microscope close-up of a semiconductor device cross-section with layered materials and a central contact

Capacitor-less IGZO-based DRAM cell with excellent retention, endurance and gate length scaling

11/12/2021
Research update
Memory & storage

Device architecture improvement is complemented with new insights in IGZO transistor reliability

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Imec cleanroom with semiconductor processing equipment under bright ceiling lights

MRAM technologies: from space applications to unified cache memory?

29/09/2021
Longread
Memory & storage

Towards CMOS-compatible fabrication of STT-, SOT-, VCMA-, VG-SOT- and domain-wall flavors of MRAM

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