Floating‐Gate Memory

In the past 55 years (1967–2022), the floating-gate memory (FGM) has evolved from a charge-storage concept to become a prime technology driver of the Digital Age. FGM has served as the mainstream nonvolatile memory, enabled the invention or development of all advanced digital systems, and fundamentally changed the world we live in. In this paper, we briefly review the historical development of FGM and project its future trends to the year 2030. As the device dimension is scaled down to the decananometer regime, we expect that many innovations will be made to meet the scaling challenges, and FGM-inspired technology will continue to enrich and improve our lives for decades to come.