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- Buelldozer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Somehow I don't think IBM needs much public funding.
- quarsaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Hey I have a story like that too:
Amazing new widget is faster smaller and cheaper!
Details coming soon. - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I wonder what the price tag will be on this technology..
You can get a 1GB geek stick for 25 bucks now.. - Rikkochet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7A proprietary format on a bigger scale is called a "standard".
- kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@buelldozer
No, but Qimonda and Matronix might just love the boost of appeared value.
Infineon readies $1.1B Qimonda IPO : http://digg.com/hardware/New_Memory_Technology_Could_Replace_Flash_Chips#c4220168 - kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Damn, pasted wrong url
Infineon readies $1.1B Qimonda IPO
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/24/HNinfineonstockoffering_1.html
Now tell me they wouldn't mind positive press releases. - emfb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm still waiting for the last "new" memory technology to replace flash chips ... MRAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAM
Hey wait a min. this article mentions phase changing, as in switching the poles of a magnet.
Is this article just new hype for a 10 year old technology? - automagnus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It will not replace flash chips anytime soon since it requires a (relatively) immense amount of energy to produce a phase change.
"Phase-change memory (also known as PCM, PRAM, Ovonic Unified Memory and Chalcogenide RAM [C-RAM]) is a type of non-volatile computer memory. PRAM uses the unique behavior of chalcogenide glass, which can be "switched" between two states, crystalline and amorphous, with the application of heat."
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-change_memory
It requires energy to heat and change a state and it will produce a lot of heat (relatively) with since each amorphous location will act as a resistor.
By relatively I mean compared to flash. - etruscan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm sorta of the same mind. New experimental technologies are announced pretty much daily... and something like this, which almost sounds too good to be true, usually is. I can recall hearing about a new wiring method for computer PCB's that was make them "instant on" machines. I can also recall hearing about holographic memory, that never came to fruition. Though all of these sound nice, they too often miss the mark and never come to the public.
Love the idea, but I need to see it first before I get excited about it. - gvetterick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@emfb
a phase change in materials generally refers to a change in crystal structure or material structure. this can be done with a change in pressure, temperature, or composition. - Buddhist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So uh, this is like, the 5th different type of proposed new RAM by a company? I know this doesn't directly apply to the others in the group, but I mean, how many different proposed prototypes are going to be spewed before someone actually makes one? :I
- tablelegs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What's the problem? Wider array of original ideas = more potential that one can be developed. As well, we ('we' as in engineers) can use all the prototypes that have been developed to our advantage to develop future technology. More the merrier, IMHO.
- crazaalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1...So it's not going to be that paper based hard drive?
- subxero37, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Why are so many online news articles either poorly written or ridiculously short?
- elf586, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmm sounds interesting....but they would need to find a way to manufacture it at a low price...
i would like to know more about this though, large solid state storage is deffinatly needed - kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Until I see working products I'm going to reserve judgement on this. There has been many products (the older ones of us might recall bubble memories) that has been technologically superior that hasn't materialized as successful products because they couldn't compete on a economic basis.
Any company with a potentially successful product will put out press releases that will get them more public funding. - kabifff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is cool, but we'll never see it.
- viewtiful4ever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0By 2015, 300GB hard drives will probably be the size of a mustard seed.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3This is like Sony and their proprietary formats, but in a bigger scale.
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