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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'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....
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.
More Info by Remlik · 2003-09-09 07:29 · Score: 5, Informative

A little more indepth view of MRAM can be read here.

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?

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I'm not sure how accurate this statement is. by Prince_Ali · 2003-09-09 07:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

"How many people keep their computer on 24 hours a day simply because they can't stand to sit around for four or five minutes waiting for it to boot up?" he asked. "I don't think anyone has researched that particular issue, but I'll bet there are a lot of them.
Most people will just grab a beverage or something during the minute (or less) it takes most PCs to startup. I would think most of the people who keep their PCs on 24/7 do it for P2P or [Seti|Folding]@home or possibly to prevent wear and tear on the hard drive (spinning up the hard drive wears it down faster than anything).

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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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pure marketing drivel by Phantom+Gremlin · 2003-09-09 07:57 · Score: 5, Interesting

The story is almost worthless marketing drivel. How about answers to some very basic questions like:

What is the capacity?

What is "extremely dense" in quantitative terms, and how do they achieve it?

If it's really going to be a "universal RAM replacement", how does it compare with the 512 Mb DRAMs recently announced?

There are many more similar questions, but answers to these three would be a start.