What's next

[Guest]

There were simms, then dimms; sdram then ddr. Forgetting about Rambus, what is the next memory breakthrough going to be. What will the standard be in five years?

 

[mpjesse]

Good question. The obvious answer is Quantum storage or a new type of data technology based on "qbits" This uses molecules and atoms to store and move data- it's extrememly fast and you could potentially store terabytes on something as small as a fingernail. IBM is a major player in this lately. However- we're 20 years from seeing anything like that. In 20 years 0's and 1's will be obsolete. =) Of course, "off" and "on" will always be around. IBM has already designed a 5 atom/molecule "processor" that can add and subtract 5 times faster than the fastest processor on earth (whatever that is). Probably a SPARC.

But, I'd say within 5 years we'll see SRAM make it's way into real memory solutions. SRAM is beginning to become much easier and cheaper to make as of late. I can tell you the government has taken a big interest in it.

-MP Jesse

 

[JOJO]

i think i've seen something somewhere about magnetic ram.....

could be the same thing jesse is talking about though

 

[Arrow]

I've read somewhere about that too.

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[Tempus]

Today's news at Tom's showed FRAM (Ferroelectric Ram). Read it <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/technews/index.html#0304" target="_new">here</A>

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[mpjesse]

MRAM is also making a comeback- IBM is the primary developer of it. It was popular in the 70's and 80's. Apparently IBM has found a way to make it much faster than SDRAM.

-MP Jesse

 

[Arrow]

Was Compaq doing something too? I forgot, I remember I read something about Compaq somewhere and it has to do with a new type of memory, but I forgot exactly what it was. Would like to know, or if you could provide me with a URL about it.

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[Tempus]

Today I heard news of QDR RAM, effectively doubling DDR bandwidth! I want some....

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[Guest]

I dunno, but as long as I don't buy generic ram again, I'll be happy. I'll be using mushkin from now on...