Nanotube Non-Volatile Memory Entering Production

hovermike writes "Nantero and LSI Logic are expected to announce that nanotube non-volatile memory will be going into production, at least as far as the NY Times is concerned. Nanotubes have been discussed previously, Nanotube Applications..., and Buckminsterfullerene..., but I'm certainly surprised something like this has moved into production this quickly. Could this be the ultimate 'bubble' memory?" Reader hovermike writes "The press release can be found at the Nantero website. I'm looking forward to only needing one memory card to store all the 5Mbit pictures that I'll take for the rest of my life."

Only for so long

[Luguber123]

"I'm looking forward to only needing one memory card to store all the 5Mbit pictures that I'll take for the rest of my life"

With that said, I'm sure they are taken out of production again :)

Re:Great

[errxn]

Well, if it's not, you can always say that your memory "went down the nanotubes."

Re:w t f

[RobertB-DC]

"I'm looking forward to only needing one memory card to store all the 5Mbit pictures that I'll take for the rest of my life."
whoa get a life!
How about trying to use it to feed children?

Yeah, 'cause a typical CF card contains 100% of the US RDA of High-Impact Plastic! Not to mention 62.5% of the RDA for Silicon, plus important trace elements like copper wiring and gold plating!

Re:w t f

[Marxist Hacker 42]

How about trying to use it to feed children?

I seem to remember an earlier story about fish dying when they were fed nanotubes- so I doubt you'd want to feed it to children.

Re:w t f

[betelgeuse-4]

I doubt that a child would eat a memory card, even if they were really hungry.

Re:Quickly?

[WormholeFiend]

I was doing expirements of buckminsterfullerenes back in 1996-97

really?! well way back in the stone age, I was experimenting with rocks! and we were glad to have them too!

have to say it...

[Anonymous Coward]

more space for pr0n!!!!

you know you were thinking it...

I speculate

[Tsiangkun]

that we will be promised larger, faster, cheaper, longer lastings products, but do to low levels of adoption they will be more expensive then the existing products at release. Slowly over time, as more people switch to the new products, the price will rise even higher with demand, and our formerly cheaper products will rise in price too, because they are now in limited supply.

It's just a speculation.

Re:Another new memory

[ron_ivi]

"There will come a day when DRAM will go away and we'll be left with extremely fast and simple NVRAM for main memory and possibly even archival storage."

Then not even rebooting will "fix" a MS-Windows computer, and everyone'll go Linux. :)

Re:Great

[Anonymous Coward]

that's a pipe dream

Re:Another new memory

[Paulrothrock]

Yes, but will you have to zap your PRAM?

Ugh...

Re:w t f

[kclittle]

I doubt that a child would eat a memory card, even if they were really hungry.

You've obviously never been the parent of a 18 month old toddler.

Re:Wait till Steve Jobs gets ahold of these

[taped2thedesk]

iPod Nanos for Everyone!

Maybe they'll look something like Will Ferrell's tiny cell phone in the SNL rich clothing store sketch ?

Re:w t f

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice computer: $2000; Operating System: $0; Only rebooting when I want to: Fucking Priceless

Hey I use Windows 2K too!

Re:Toxicity?

[kilocomp]

The radiation from the wireless card or CRT you have should neturalize it.

Re:Toxicology

[Anonymous Coward]

You (or the people who modded you Informative) may want to actually read what he linked -- the implication is that your life may be cut down to where Moore's Law is no longer relevant.

Re:Quickly?

[king-manic]

Lets invade Canada. We can use the French Canadians for medical experiments, and We'll appropriate enough maple syrup to pay for the invasion. They have WMD (celine dion) and are more then willing to use it.

Re:Toxicology

[iabervon]

Warning: do not inhale memory card.

Re:Quickly?

[Minwee]

Who knows? May be you might even win this time.

Re:what about it's environmental effects

[Anonymous Coward]

There's a half-year old computer in my office, and ever since it got here I've had to open the window every morning, or the fumes from it make me cough. Not sure what exactly the computer is giving off, but whatever it is I don't think it's particularly good for me.

It's probably giving off hypochondriacticals. I suggest immediately throwing it out and replacing it with a pad and pencil.