News tagged with memory system
Turning DNA into a hard drive
Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far smaller scale, recording data within individual cells. One way to do that is to create ...
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New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques
Two years ago, Martin Rinard's group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposed a surprisingly simple way to make some computer procedures more efficient: Just skip a bunch of ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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Autonomous quantum error correction technique proposed for quantum memories
(PhysOrg.com) -- While words such as "powerful" and "efficient" are often used to describe the potential of quantum computing, these quantum systems can be very fragile at the same time. Errors in quantum ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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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 ...
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Researchers convert quantum signals to telecom wavelengths, increase memory times
Using optically dense, ultra-cold clouds of rubidium atoms, researchers have made advances in three key elements needed for quantum information systems - including a technique for converting photons carrying ...
Sep 26, 2010 |
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Organic ternary data storage device developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The memory capacity of electronics devices could be increased in future thanks to an organic data storage system using ternary rather than binary data storage. The current prototype is designed ...
Apr 14, 2010 |
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HP Labs find memristors can compute (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at HP Labs, the central research arm of HP, have discovered that a resistor with memory, a “memristor” can also perform logic operations. This means chips storing data may also ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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Researchers find that Sirtuin1 may boost memory and learning ability
The same molecular mechanism that increases life span through calorie restriction may help boost memory and brainpower, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report in the July 11 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 11, 2010 |
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Study reveals switching mechanism in promising computer memory device
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance. New information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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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 ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Of mice and memory: 'Working memory' of mice can be improved
Mice trained to improve their working memory become more intelligent, suggesting that similar improvements in working memory might help human beings enhance their brain power, according to research published ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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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.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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All-flash enterprise storage startup ready (and funded) for battle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pure Storage has announced it has raised $30 million in a new round of funding for its cost-cutting storage system that uses flash memory only. This is its C-round of funding, which brings ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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The next operating system
At the most basic level, a computer is something that receives zeroes and ones from either memory or an input device — like a keyboard — combines them in some systematic way, and ships the results ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Workhorse immune molecules lead secret lives in the brain
Molecules assumed to be in the exclusive employ of the immune system have been caught moonlighting in the brain - with a job description apparently quite distinct from their role in immunity.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 30, 2009 |
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