Disk Drives Face Challenge From Chips 235
WSJdpatton writes "Researchers are reporting significant progress in perfecting a different way to store data in semiconductors, which could replace one widely used type of memory chip and possibly become a credible competitor to disk drives. The researchers, in a paper being delivered at a technical conference in San Francisco, say they used a novel combination of materials to create prototype phase-change components that are more than 500 times as fast as flash chips, while requiring less than half of the electrical power to record data."
In other news... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:No more harddrives? YES! (Score:4, Funny)
The irony is that this would explain why in the future (à-la-Star-Trek), backups of the computer's memory doesn't exist and cause improbable storylines for us system admins.
Re:Ita about time (Score:1, Funny)
On our way to the future (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe we need to perfect holographic 3D displays first?
Re:The iPod Fanboys..... (Score:3, Funny)
dirty f'in racist chips.
Re:In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
Bah (Score:3, Funny)
Dark Star (Score:3, Funny)