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MRAM in 2004?

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Some things they don't tell you about MRAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) The amount of heat these things generate is excessive. The heat sinks on the MRAM will be about the size of the heat sinks on a 3.2Ghz P4.

    2) MRAM emits minute amounts of beta particle radiation, meaning that it actually has almost as high a risk of causing cancer as, say, smoking a cigarette once a week.

    3) The real-life density limit of MRAM is about 1/4 that of modern DRAM. The switching hardware around it requires large amounts of energy (MRAM switching is actually much less efficient than DRAM).

    4) The lifecycle of MRAM is considerably shorter. First generation MRAM will last about 2 years before the ferrite decomposes rendering it unusable.