News Hafnia proves a viable material for memory in experiments, but it probably won't come cheap

[Admin]

Although hafnia memory certainly has many advantages over silicon memory, price definitely won't be one.

Hafnia proves a viable material for memory in experiments, but it probably won't come cheap : Read more

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

The 2 primary sources of hafnium are the U.S. and France from the processing of beach sand and river gravel. The main reason hafnium prices have skyrocketed is due to a secondary source, Ukraine, stopping production to deal with an invasion by a foreign military.

 

[husker]

I believe that volatile memory for most purposes is a good thing. Malware creators are salivating at the thought of memory that won't be wiped with a restart.
Also, anyone who's seen "Westworld" knows that we don't want the machines to start remembering too much.

 

[bit_user]

Non-volatile memory can retain data even without a power source, and although today's silicon-based memory can be volatile or non-volatile, virtually all RAM today is volatile.

This is weirdly phrased. Modern SSDs are silicon-based and non-volatile. Why state that RAM is volatile, but in such a weird way? It just seems confusing or confused.

 

[bit_user]

I believe that volatile memory for most purposes is a good thing. Malware creators are salivating at the thought of memory that won't be wiped with a restart.

Oh sure, because malware never infects your files.

Obviously, a new nonvolatile memory technology can be used in ways other than to replace DRAM, such as to replace NAND.

BTW, speaking of memory that never gets wiped, how often do you reboot your phone? Even my main office PC gets put to sleep, instead of shutdown. The only time it reboots is when I install updates.

 

[husker]

Oh sure, because malware never infects your files.

Obviously, a new nonvolatile memory technology can be used in ways other than to replace DRAM, such as to replace NAND.

BTW, speaking of memory that never gets wiped, how often do you reboot your phone? Even my main office PC gets put to sleep, instead of shutdown. The only time it reboots is when I install updates.

Wait... what??? I never implied any other risks don't exist. Just because there are other risks doesn't mean we should introduce more. By your logic I should stop using passwords on my PC because, oh well, my phone isn't getting rebooted enough anyway.

 

[hotaru251]

Why state that RAM is volatile, but in such a weird way?

RAM in most part is volatile.

85% (if not more) of systems run volatile ram.

However NVRAM does exist so not weird to state about it.