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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. buttRAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For whatever reason
    I feel like I've been wanting you all my life
    But you don't understand
    I'm so glad we're at the same place at the same time
    Its over now

    I spotted you dancin'
    You made all the CowboyNeals stare
    Those lips and your brown eyes
    And the sexy hair
    I shake shake my thing
    I make the world want you
    Tell your Trolls you'll be back
    I wanna see what you can do.

    What would it take for you to just leave with me
    Not trying to sound conceited but me and you were meant to be
    You're a sexy troll, I'm a nice girl
    Lets turn this dance floor into our own little nasty world

    Trolls
    Sometimes a girl just needs one
    Trolls
    To love her and to hold
    Trolls
    When a girl is with one
    Trolls
    Then she's in control

    Pick a troll off the dance floor.
    Screamin in his ear
    Must of said somethin' bout me (what you said?)
    Cuz he's loookin over here
    You looking at me
    With that sexy attitude
    But the way you troll's movin in
    It puts me in the mood

    What would it take for you to just leave with me
    Not trying to sound conceited but me and you were meant to be
    You're a sexy troll, I'm a nice girl
    Lets turn this dance floor into our own little nasty world

    Trolls
    Sometimes a girl just needs one
    Trolls
    To love her and to hold
    Trolls
    When a girl is with one
    Trolls
    Then she's in control

  2. Taking a leaf out of Nazi propaganist's books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

    -Hermann Goring, Hitler's Reichsmarschall, at the Nuremberg Trials

    Now compare this to the recent behaviour of the US govenrment. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to start worrying.

  3. 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.