Example 11m: An apparatus comprising: a transistor having a gate terminal coupled to a word-line, a source terminal couple to a bit-line, and a drain terminal coupled to a storage node; a metal plane coupled to the storage node through a via; and a plurality of memory elements having bottom electrodes coupled to the metal plane, wherein an individual memory element of the plurality of memory elements has a top electrode which is coupled to an individual plate-line, wherein the plurality of memory elements are planar memory elements that are arranged in a staggered configuration on the metal plane such that a first memory element of the plurality of memory elements is offset along the metal plane diagonally from a second memory element of the plurality of memory elements, wherein the first memory element and the second memory element are on the metal plane.
Example 12m: The apparatus of example 11m, wherein the top electrode is coupled to the individual plate-line via a pedestal.
Example 13m: The apparatus of example 11m, wherein the individual memory element includes a magnetic tunneling junction, a resistive based memory element, or a phase-change based memory element.
Example 14m: The apparatus of example 11m, wherein the individual plate-line is parallel to the bit-line.
Example 15m: A system comprising: a processor circuitry to execute one or more instructions; a memory circuitry to store the one or more instructions; and a communication interface to allow the processor circuitry to communicate with another device, wherein the memory circuitry includes a plurality of bit-cells organized in a memory array, wherein an individual bit-cell of the plurality of bit-cells includes an apparatus according to any one of examples 1m to 10m, or examples 11m to 14m.