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TOP STORY... May 15, 2008

Artificial Superlattices Promise Better Memories
Professor Matthew Dawber, a professor at Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, N.Y.), has plumbed the characteristics of superlattices and their applicability to dielectrics, memories and other applications. The work opens up a way of introducing ferroelectricity into materials that normally might not be ferroelectric. "This is a new route to the production of ferroelectric materials using those that are normally excluded because they have, for example, magnetic properties that are normally antagonistic to ferroelectric properties," Dawber said.
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News Editor David Lammers profiles Y.W. Lee, who was named CEO of Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday. Lee first gained prominence as the leader of a DRAM design team, then managed Samsung's memory fab complex in Gihueng, Korea. With Samsung now the No. 2 chipmaker, Lee may have the right set of skills to lead Samsung to its stated goal of being the No. 1 chipmaker. Lee is a "totally dedicated, technically competent, multi-lingual, confident manager," Lammers writes.

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