News tagged with data storage technology

Singapore scientists design novel genome sequencing data compression method

Hitachi and Data Storage Institute (DSI), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) are devising a data compression technique to tackle the increasing volume of genome sequencing data ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Social Security's IT system could benefit by joining the cloud, scientist says

The Social Security Administration (SSA) should restructure its already massive information technology (IT) systems so they can be readily scaled up, much like the systems used by Google and Amazon, William L. Scherlis, professor ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit

Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

New EU project targets first 100GHz optical RAM silicon chips

A new EU project that aims to develop a 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) optical random access memory (RAM) chip has just kicked off. This chip will be the first of its kind.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Intel, Micron introduce world's first 128Gb NAND device and mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Two new publications provide a cloud computing standards roadmap, reference architecture

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phase change memory-based 'moneta' system points to the future of computer storage

A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Intel, Micron sample 20nm NAND flash

Intel and Micron Technology today introduced a new, finer 20-nanometer (nm) process technology for manufacturing NAND flash memory. The new 20nm process produces an 8-gigabyte (GB) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Japan's Renesas to buy Nokia wireless modem operations

Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp. said Tuesday it had reached an agreement to buy the wireless modem operations of mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. in a 200 million dollar deal.

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Business software maker CA to cut 1,000 jobs

(AP) -- Business software company CA Inc. said Tuesday that it's cutting 1,000 jobs - or about 8 percent of its work force - and consolidating offices as part of a restructuring plan to reduce costs and become more efficient.

Technology / Business

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Andreessen making leap from entrepreneur to VC

(AP) -- Having built and sold two technology startups for a combined $11.7 billion, Marc Andreessen is ready to take a stab at, well, finding the next Marc Andreessen.

Technology / Business

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Broadcom launches hostile $764M bid for Emulex

(AP) -- Chip designer Broadcom Corp. is launching a $764 million hostile takeover offer for network gear maker Emulex Corp. Broadcom said Tuesday the deal would help it develop new technologies for corporate data centers.

Technology / Business

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single-Molecule Magnets Open New Door for Information Technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by scientists in Italy and France shows that that single molecules have the ability to store information via their magnetic state. Their work is a first step toward a new generation ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 2 feature