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Spintronics in your Future?

Posted by michael on from the they-do-it-with-magnets dept.

slugfro writes: "Do faster boot times and RAM that maintains memory after shutdown sound interesting? This article by a Science Magazine author details the study of utilizing the spin of electrons rather than just the charge in electronic devices (hence the name 'Spintronics'). Anyone out there researching this or have more info?" We do a story about MRAM every four months or so, and each time commercial development is a few years in the future. :)

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  1. So When Disk Drive Needs Repair by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    So .. when your disk drive needs repair .. take it to a quantum mechanic...

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Re:Sounds like by diverman · · Score: 3, Funny

    You would go and bring the cat into this, wouldn't you. Can't you just leave him out of it. As if that poor thing hasn't been through enough with the radiation... now you want to find out what happens when you spin it too? Leave the poor thing alone, already.

    Yeesh... I'm calling the humane society you sick puppy! heh.

    -Alex

  3. permanent windows crash??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does this mean that when your windows machine crashes and you reboot it will still be crashed???