News tagged with memory storage

SSDs the size of a postage stamp coming soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- One-terabyte (TB) solid state drives (SSDs) are expected to be released in a couple of years, and they will be about the size of the average postage stamp.

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (39) | comments 18 | with audio podcast weblog

New software design technique allows programs to run faster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (33) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Using quantum methods to read classical memories offers surprising advantages

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, the data stored in classical digital memories such as CDs, DVDs, and barcodes is read by classical light. But as a new study shows, using quantum light to read these classical memories ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Physicists demonstrate 100-fold speed increase in optical quantum memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- As with today's computers, future quantum computers will require more than just quantum information processing; they will also require methods to store and retrieve the quantum information. ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (31) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

IBM scientists demonstrate computer memory breakthrough

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

Hydra flash memory outperforms other top storage mediums

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although today flash memory is primarily used as a removable storage medium, it's currently becoming more and more appealing for a wider variety of applications. Moving beyond memory cards ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 11 | with audio podcast feature

New device may revolutionize computer memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new device that represents a significant advance for computer memory, making large-scale "server farms" more energy efficient and allowing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (26) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Apple's Jobs unveils 'intimate' $499 iPad tablet

(AP) -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's much-anticipated iPad tablet computer Wednesday, calling it a new third category of mobile device that is neither smart phone nor laptop, but something ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (33) | comments 37

Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Chemists make breakthrough in nanoscience research

A team of scientists led by Eugenia Kumacheva of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto has discovered a way to predict the organization of nanoparticles in larger forms by treating them much the same as ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Extremely fast MRAM data storage within reach

Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAM) are the most important new modules on the market of computer storage devices. Like the well known USB-sticks, they store information into static memory, but MRAM offer ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

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