Intel to Sample Flash-killer PRAM This Year 78
Station writes "Intel's new phase-change memory technology (PRAM) will begin sampling this year. Samsung, IBM, and Hitachi are all working on phase-change memory as a successor to flash as it has a lower (~20ns) read latency than flash (50-90ns). 'Intel says they plan to ship the first PRAM modules as a straight-ahead NOR flash replacement so that they can work the kinks out of the design before trying to move it up the memory hierarchy. The company claims a much higher number of read-write cycles (100 million) than flash, as well as a potential 10 years' worth of data retention. NOR flash is typically used as program storage memory for mobile devices like cell phones, while more durable but slower NAND flash is used for mass storage in devices like the iPod nano.'"
Killer Pram? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Killer Pram? (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Monty Python Reference... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:3D stacking (Score:2, Funny)
Bit of pram, please (Score:1, Funny)
Customer: (goes to door, runs his finger down the list of adverts) Pram for sale. Any offers. I'd like a bit of pram please.
Shopkeeper: Ah yes, sir. That's in good condition.
Customer: Oh good, I like them in good condition, eh? Eh?
Re:Killer Pram? (Score:3, Funny)
-Eric
Flash killer - about time (Score:2, Funny)
what ? you say it's memory?
OH, nevermind