physorg.com— Scientists from IBM, Macronix and Qimonda said they developed a material that made "phase-change" memory 500 to 1,000 times faster than the commonly-used "flash" memory, while using half as much power.
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Access speed of ram memory is measured in nanoseconds. Access speed of hard drives is measured in milliseconds. One millisecond is equal to one million nanoseconds. USB flash memory is still slower than hard drives otherwise we would all be booting from them. This new memory might be faster than hard drives but still has a long way to go before it replaces ram memory.
yensedDec 12, 2006
"500 to 1,000 times faster than the commonly-used flash memory".. Wouldn't that make it faster then a Hard Drive
davidwsDec 12, 2006
It was about 4 or 5 years ago - either 2001 or 2002...not sure which!
ebfoxbatDec 12, 2006
What's the density? 1000 mbps doesn't help if it's only 16 MB
lonniehDec 12, 2006
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mbabauerDec 12, 2006
No, I think you are a "realist". Also consider we probably wont see this for at least a few years.Can anyone say "RAMBUS"?
rickthebrickDec 12, 2006
Access speed of ram memory is measured in nanoseconds. Access speed of hard drives is measured in milliseconds. One millisecond is equal to one million nanoseconds. USB flash memory is still slower than hard drives otherwise we would all be booting from them. This new memory might be faster than hard drives but still has a long way to go before it replaces ram memory.
frozen1Dec 12, 2006
Sounds pretty neat...
skyrider119Dec 20, 2006
Keep the tech comming ... Faster == better