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A Billion Year Ultra-Dense Memory Chip (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have created a unique ultra-high density memory storage medium that can preserve digital data for a billion years.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (29) | comments 12

Flexible memristor: Memory with a twist (w/Video)

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As reported in the July 2009 issue of IEEE Electron Device Letters,* the en ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New memory material may hold data for one billion years

(PhysOrg.com) -- Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (45) | comments 17

Rambus says FTC has dropped antitrust claims

(AP) -- Rambus Inc. said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technologies that were eventually incorporated into industry standards.

Technology / Business

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Motorola Announces MOTO W7 Active Edition With Gesture Controls

Shake things up with MOTO W7 Active Edition, a motion-enabled 3G mobile device announced today by Motorola. Designed for those who want a "moving" phone experience, MOTO W7 is equipped with an accelerometer ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu Develops Secure USB Memory Device Featuring Automatic Data-Erase Function

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of two new technologies designed to prevent the unwanted disclosure of data from lost universal serial bus (USB) memory devices and prevent uploads to file-sharing ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- The technology of storing electronic information - from old cassette tapes to shiny laptop computers - has been a major force in the electronics industry for decades.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Beating the back-up blues

That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 10

Speedier flexible electronics possible with new fabrication process

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever but simple new way of making transistors out of high-performance organic microwires presents a potential path for products such as smart merchandise tags, light and cheap solar panels, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

SanDisk, Toshiba Develop 32-nanometer NAND Flash Technology

SanDisk and Toshiba today announced the co-development of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory using 32-nanometer process technology to produce a 32-gigabit (Gb) 3-bits-per-cell (X3) memory chip. The breakthrough ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New, Unusual Semiconductor is a Switch-Hitter

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group in Germany has discovered a semiconducting material that can switch its semiconducting properties -- turning from one type of semiconductor to another -- via a simple change in temperature. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (30) | comments 8 feature