News tagged with storage devices

High-Reliability Read-Method for Spin-Torque-Transfer MRAM, Next-Generation Non-Volatile Memory

Fujitsu Laboratories and the University of Toronto today announced that they have jointly developed the world's first high-reliability read-method for use with spin-torque-transfer (STT) MRAM that is insusceptible ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Conductive eTextiles: Researchers move from making batteries from paper to making batteries from cloth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers have moved from making batteries from paper to making batteries from cloth. Your-T-shirt could become a lighted, moving display.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Samsung Introduced New MP3 Players With Transparent Touch AMOLED Display

Samsung Electronics recently unveiled two MP3 players designed for the media savvy and those concerned with managing their personal well-being.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Fujitsu USB 3.0-SATA Bridge IC Earns USB-IF Compliance Certification for SuperSpeed USB

Fujitsu Microelectronics America today announced that its USB 3.0-SATA bridge IC has been certified as compliant with the USB 3.0 standard by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 3

Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy

The biggest chemical battery in the United States is located near Interstate 90 in the small town of Luverne, Minn. The 80 ton device -- the size of two tractor-trailers stacked on top of each other -- stores ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 6

Intel Reports Breakthrough in Stacked, Cross Point Phase Change Memory Technology

Intel Corp. and Numonyx today announced a key breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a new non-volatile memory technology that combines many of the benefits of today's various memory types.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (12) | comments 4

The Spin Cycle: Nanoresearch could lead to next generation of transistors

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, the transistors inside radios, televisions and other everyday items have transmitted data by controlling the movement of the electron’s charge. Scientists now have discovered ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Samsung Presents New Ultra Portable Data Projector

Samsung Electronics today announced the upcoming release of its latest P Series (Portable) Projector, the P410M, an LED-based DLP Pocket Projector. Weighing less than two pounds, the P410M’s compact design ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony Adds Two Super Slim Edge-Lit LED HDTVs

Sony today introduced a new line of ultra-thin BRAVIA LCD HDTVs featuring an advanced edge-lit LED backlight and exceptional contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

Gadgets: Tiny drives, but big in capacity

Verbatim Americas, LLC, continues to produce innovative storage devices for users on the go. The latest include additions to their portable line of USB drives.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Carbon nanoballs as data storage units

Small, smaller, "nano" data storage! Interest is growing in the use of metallofullerenes - carbon “cages” with embedded metallic compounds - as materials for miniature data storage devices. Researchers at ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (52) | comments 4

Harnessing carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery systems, oxygen sensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two nanoscale devices recently reported by University of Pittsburgh researchers in two separate journals harness the potential of carbon nanomaterials to enhance technologies for drug or imaging agent delivery ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel, Micron Achieve Industry’s Most Efficient NAND Product Using 3-Bit-Per-Cell Technology

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology, leveraging their award-winning 34-nanometer NAND process. The chips are typically ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2