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Scientific discovery moves racetrack memory closer to reality

IBM researchers today revealed a previously unknown aspect of key physics inside Racetrack memory -- a new technology design which stands to improve memory capabilities within mobile phones, laptop computers and business-class ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 53 | with audio podcast

Racetrack memory

Imagine a computer equipped with shock-proof memory that's 100,000 times faster and consumes less power than current hard disks. EPFL Professor Mathias Klaui is working on a new kind of "racetrack" memory, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

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




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IBM researchers demonstrate future of computing with graphene, racetrack and carbon nanotube breakthroughs

Today at IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IBM scientists unveiled several exploratory research breakthroughs that could lead to major advancements in delivering dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

What Comes After Hard Drives?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (36) | comments 35 feature

What horses can tell us now about the coming human flu pandemic

Stored safely in a freezer at Cornell's James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health are samples of the virus thought to be most like the one public health experts expect someday to afflict record numbers of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 23, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers Move Closer To New Class of Memory

Computer memory that combines the high performance and reliability of flash with the low cost and high capacity of the hard disk drive could be closer than you think, thanks to a team of IBM scientists.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (88) | comments 7


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