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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. Clarification by CottonEyedJoe · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just a clarificaiton. Technically its Science Magazine not "a Science Magazine" as stated on the main page.

    Science is the Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and along with "Nature" (its british counterpart) it is one of the premier general science journals.

  2. Re:How do you clear it ? by Gannoc · · Score: 2, Troll
    Heck, Technically, it should be able to freeze a moment in Unreal Tournament , allow you to go get a beer, then comeback and pick up where you left off.

    Yes. Lets all pray that someday the scientific community will develop some sort of hardware based solution that will allow us to freeze or "pause" a computer game.