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Buckminsterfullerene Strikes Again - Nanotube RAM

Posted by timothy on from the when-it's-in-my-pocket-and-in-retail-stores dept.

putaro writes "Nanotube based RAM, under development by Nantero, promises to deliver densities of over 1 terabit per cm^2, is non-volatile and faster than current DRAM. The Economist has a nice story. Forget about just kicking DRAM's and FLASH's butt, is this finally the end of magnetic storage as well?"

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  1. Materials lead technology by tacocat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First, I have to confess that I am a Materials Engineer and not some ubergeek with a CSE degree.

    But it's a definite fact that technological advances are only made possible with the precedence of metallurgical advances.

    Silicon wafers today wouldn't exist without the metallurgical backing to create high purity Silicon, Aluminum, and so on.

    The point being that with the discovery of the buckey ball, we are entering a new age of history. We're not there, but we're working on it really hard.

    Before you toss me out as flamebait consider that each primary age of human civilization is named as a metallurgical Age: Bronze, Iron, Steel. Some might argue that we are in the Silicon Age right now. However, the impact of Silicon is not as ubiquitious as the impact of the discovery of Bronze, Iron, or Steel.

    But the Buckey Ball is going to be similar in the scope of impact as Steel or Iron. Why?

    • Structural Materials
    • Electronics
    • Optics
    • Aerospace
    It's a FUNDAMENTALLY new material product available for the engineers to play with.