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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Role of Phase-Change Memory in Edge Computing and Analog In-Memory Computing: An Overview of Recent Research Contributions and Future Challenges.

Alessio Antolini, Francesco Zavalloni, Andrea Lico, Said Quqa, Lorenzo Greco, Mauro Mangia, Fabio Pareschi, Marco Pasotti, Eleonora Franchi Scarselli

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alessio AntoliniAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0952-3839
Francesco ZavalloniAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0103-8126
Andrea LicoAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5267-2421
Said QuqaDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale e dei Materiali, University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6388-370X
Lorenzo GrecoAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-3906-6007
Mauro MangiaAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3818-9115
Fabio PareschiDipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8777-7135
Marco PasottiSTMicroelectronics, 20864 Agrate Brianza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4988-9982
Eleonora Franchi ScarselliAdvanced Research Center on Electronic Systems "Ercole de Castro", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6994-2088

Funding

ECSEL Joint Undertaking 101007321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase Change Memory (PCM) has emerged as a promising non-volatile memory technology with significant applications in both edge computing and analog in-memory computing. This paper synthesizes recent research contributions on the use of PCM for smart sensing, structural health monitoring, neural network acceleration, and binary pattern matching. By examining key advancements, challenges, and potential future developments, this work provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of PCM in these domains, highlighting the possible employments of PCM technology in further edge computing scenarios including medical and human body monitoring.

Indexed as

analog in-memory computing (AIMC)artificial intelligenceedge computinghuman body monitoringneural networksphase-change memory (PCM)structural health monitoring (SHM)

Identifiers

PMID40573504
PMCPMC12196659

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