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[chrissss]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7377063.stm

looks pretty cool if it will be used.

This could allow researchers to build new kinds of computer memory that would would not require powering up.

Today, most PCs use dynamic random access memory (DRAM) which loses data when the power is turned off.

But a computer built with memristors could allow PCs that start up instantly, laptops that retain sessions after the battery dies, or mobile phones that can last for weeks without needing a charge.

 

[helmutcheese]

I read it 2 days ago but not in 100% detail.

 

[chrissss]

has it been posted before? if yes I will delete this spammage

 

[helmutcheese]

Nope

 

[PhillyDee]

Read about this, as usual, discovered entirely by accident, but yet predicted to exist. But why in CPU section of the forum?

 

[Samione]

So what's the use of this then? Hard drives that have transfer rates the same as ram?

 

[milkinc13]

So what's the use of this then? Hard drives that have transfer rates the same as ram?

faster booting PC/laptops as the ram will remember what was located in it previously, it can just reload what is in ram instead of it having to reload everything

 

[Samione]

Ahh so like hibernate by a lot better.

 

[Hesky82]

You were actually not far wrong with your 1st statement samione! They can be fashioned into solid state memory, which would allow greater data density than today’s hdd's (more space) with access times potentially the same as DRAM. And of course you have the advantage of not needing to supply constant power to keep data stored.

Also configured in a certain way they could replace transistors in future computer components, taking up a much smaller area and needing less power.

All in all this rediscovered little passive element will be pretty revolutionarily for computer technology! Faster and more power efficient PC's