Comments for: New phase-change memory 500x faster than flash

#2. Posted at 11:52 AM on Dec 11th 2006

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Shinare

Cant wait! Would this type of memory be usable as system memory, or is it still not fast enough at 500x the current speed? I would love the ability to turn off my PC and have it turn on instantly in the last place it was. Yes I realize this can be done writing to HDD, still would be neet if it were as fast as current system memory and not have to write to HDD. You'd need some sort of memory clear button tho if you hard-locked and had to power off. Would suck to come right back up to the same place, heh.

#2, I think it's still not fast enough as a regular memory repla... : wierdo (#3) «

#3, But it would be good for swap files/partitions. Especiall... : ew (#8) «

#8, Except that's going to be an increasingly limited use:... : UberGerbil (#9) «

#9, No matter how many times it's debunked I find it hi... : Taddeusz (#10) «

#10, Taddeusz is right. Sometimes you have to have mo... : ew (#13) «

#10, Yes, I find it funny too. The really funny ones ... : UberGerbil (#15) «

#15, By your logic having a CPU cache such that it... : ew (#18) «

#18, It's one thing if you happen to get this i... : UberGerbil (#19) «

#10, So do you have 4GB and tried your system a while... : sigher (#24) «

#24, a page can sit on disk or in memory but 32-bi... : shank15217 (#29) «

#29, Virtual memory is not an overflow bucket i... : ludi (#31) «

#10, inefficiency is not an issue when you are alread... : shank15217 (#28) «

#28, 3GB per process homie. : zqw (#32) «

#16. Posted at 03:33 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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bthylafh

I'm not holding my breath. Magnetic RAM (also from IBM) has been two years away for probably ten years now.

#16, I remember seeing an MRAM add-in card in ~1986 or so. I thin... : UberGerbil (#17) «

#17, Crap! Now that you mention it, I remember reading an arti... : echo_seven (#26) «

#26, Didn't Freescale bring out (the first ever) consumer-l... : stdPikachu (#30) «

#23. Posted at 07:07 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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moose17145

c'mon, it's got the words "phase" and "change" in it... it HAS to be good. Last time i saw something with those two words in it it rocked and could make ur cpu run well below 0 deg F. Without even seeing anything else i can already promise you it rox! BRING ON THE PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY!

#23, running your CPU so hot that it starts melting, would that m... : echo_seven (#25) «

#25, maybe... o.0 : moose17145 (#27) «

#21. Posted at 06:02 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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provoko

Finally, a discovery with an ETA for an actual product.

#21, Well, new discoveries are often introduced with an ETA of "5... : UberGerbil (#22) «

#7. Posted at 01:41 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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leor

i have to push the PRAM alot!

#7, On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly pl... : Hattig (#20) «

#11. Posted at 03:01 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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Fearless Leader

This sounds awesome!

I would love to have a solid state drive with this type of memory to stream frequently read data.

Why does it need to wait until 2008 at the earliest?

#11, Because they have to refine the process. Yields probably are... : Taddeusz (#12) «

#11, Apparently to get that 500x performance they had to build th... : echo_seven (#14) «

#6. Posted at 01:19 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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A_Pickle

It's about time. I want apps that open immediately!

#5. Posted at 12:30 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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Lord.Blue

Ok, imagine this in a solid state hard drive.

#4. Posted at 12:26 PM on Dec 11th 2006

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ripfire

Ooh. I hope they put this on compact flash. This would be good for my camera.

#1. Posted at 11:52 AM on Dec 11th 2006, Edited at 11:55 AM on Dec 11th 2006

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Inkedsphynx

EDIT: Doh, I r teh dumb.

I apparently can't read either.