MRAM in 2004?

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Posted by michael on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @07:19AM from the holy-grail dept.

amberspry writes "As previously reported here and here. Wired has yet another update on MRAM here. They give hope by mid-2004 we will see devices with faster boot up times and using less power as a 'vastly accelerated timetable is being implemented.' Gotta love joint ventures."

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MRAM = mammarian random access memory by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 07:22 · Score: 1, Funny

comes in multiples of 2 ternary digits (2 tits).
Ooh more vaporware. by FreeLinux · 2003-09-09 07:23 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm glad to see that the hardware industry is producing vaporware now and that vaporware is not exclusive to the software industry.

BTW didn't Bill Gates promise instant booting PCs five or so years ago? My new machine takes a full two minutes to boot.
1. Re:Ooh more vaporware. by shepd · 2003-09-09 07:45 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That's ok, the hardware industry pioneered the idea of vapourware. I mean, how many of you have used write only memory yet? Have you even SEEN it yet?
  
  And that was in the 70s... Things haven't gotten better!
  
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2. Re:Ooh more vaporware. by gl4ss · 2003-09-09 07:49 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  i use wom all the time, i just call them coasters.
  
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'windows' mentioned in article. by Mark19960 · 2003-09-09 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

"...simply reach out and touch an on/off button to turn off Windows in lieu of going through a ritualized shut-down procedure."
who says we will be running windows by then?
I hope not....
1. Re:'windows' mentioned in article. by 56ksucks · 2003-09-09 09:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  ".....and may even, someday, allow us to simply reach out and touch an on/off button to turn off Windows in lieu of going through a ritualized shut-down procedure."
  So... It'll be like running DOS again.
  
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should be interesting by Maskirovka · 2003-09-09 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't wait to be called out to degaus someone's ram after their system crashes.
w00t! by JoeLinux · 2003-09-09 07:28 · Score: 2, Funny

This is damn sexy technology. Almost makes up for the vaporware that was Keele Memory systems. And if I hear one more whiny person say, "no, quantum computers are coming in two years! Have patience!" I think I'll go destroy something expensive...
1. Re:w00t! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 07:32 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  no, quantum computers are coming in two years! Have patience!
2. Re:w00t! by JoeLinux · 2003-09-09 07:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Sorry...but you didn't post your flame in the context of a whiny voice. Expensive things are safe.
3. Re:w00t! by sbma44 · 2003-09-09 08:10 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  if I hear one more whiny person say, "no, quantum computers are coming in two years! Have patience!" I think I'll go destroy something expensive...
  
  But they are coming... to the basement of a secret NSA facility near you!
Re:Magnetic memory? by captain_craptacular · 2003-09-09 07:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Screw storage media, I'm afraid my boxen will all fly off and stick to the front of the refrigerator...

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Interference by Rkane · 2003-09-09 07:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Does this mean that when my cell phone rings, my speakers AND my RAM are going to go nuts?

Will my pc run faster if it is facing polar north?

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Great news! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2003-09-09 07:38 · Score: 2, Funny

I just can't for that new memory does ... does, er.. hmm, what does it do again?

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What was a wasted 60 seconds by BigGar' · 2003-09-09 07:39 · Score: 2, Funny

is now 60 seconds of pr0n viewing. Viewing time that would have been lost to oblivion. Thank The Maker.

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Re:More Info by hackstraw · 2003-09-09 07:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Does anyone know if MRAM will be sensative to external magnets? Aka if I bump my portable mp3/ogg player into a giant fridge mag will I lost my data?

Dunno, its probably good to keep giant magnets and large amounts of water away from portable electronics.
Magnetic data huh ? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2003-09-09 07:41 · Score: 2, Funny

Strange, my computer crashes each time I hit the "degauss" button on my monitor ...

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Re:can't wait by johny_qst · 2003-09-09 07:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah but I'd much rather see this implemented with the carbon nanotube memory module hardware vaporware than the MRAM not much faster than quad piped DDR vaporware.

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Re:Power by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 07:48 · Score: 2, Funny

Heck, I ran my win98 box 24/7 just so the damn thing would keep working.

Please read the following EULA carefully. You are allowed one (1) bootup and one (1) shutdown per licence...
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Yeah, and when will we get storage that... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 07:59 · Score: 1, Funny

...is measured quantitatively in terms of kiloquads?
Nothing new by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 08:09 · Score: 1, Funny

Unix had this 30 years ago.