kumquatq3 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061211/ts_al...da_061211134556 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in computer memory technology that heralded more sophisticated and reliable MP3 players, digital cameras and other devices. 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. "You can do a lot of things with this phase-change memory that you can't do with flash," IBM senior manager of nanoscale science Spike Narayan told AFP. "You can replace disks, do instant-on computers, or carry your own fancy computer application in your hand. It would complement smaller technology if manufacturers wanted to conjure things up." CONTINUED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Hmmm... Sounds good. I want that for my RAM and Harddrive. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I don't have any problems with my digital camera losing stuff, but it does sound pretty cool. Faster is always good. Progress marches on. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 And now, let's get some patience and wait ~5 years until this technology hits the shelves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkan Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 And now, let's get some patience and wait ~5 years until this technology hits the shelves. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> CDs and DVDs are already using this technology. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 CDs and DVDs are already using this technology. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not the same. CDs and DVDs are not faster than flash memory. These guys have created a new semiconductor alloy using this concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkan Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 CDs and DVDs are already using this technology. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not the same. CDs and DVDs are not faster than flash memory. These guys have created a new semiconductor alloy using this concept. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was referring to phase-change technology, itself. But whatever. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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