NVRAM With Disordered Assemblies (Smaller/Cheaper)

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NVRAM With Disordered Assemblies (Smaller/Cheaper)

Posted by Hemos on Monday November 10, 2003 @01:45AM from the but-the-world-must-have-order dept.

chadjg writes " Jim Tour, of Rice University says "Our research shows that ordered precision isn't a prerequisite for computing. It is possible to make memory circuits out of disordered systems." The article on www.e4engineering.com says the team has made "NanoCells", self assembled devices made from gold nanowires and organic conductive molecules. These NanoCells are the first devices of their kind to be made into working microelectronic devices, apparently." Yep. Let an untold number of machines try to create NanoCells, and statistics says you'll find the most efficient kind.

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I Predict by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-10 01:49 · Score: 3, Funny

I Predict that 95%+ of the Slashdot crowd doesn't understand more than 2 words of this, yet will pretend to understand it.
1. Re:I Predict by TopShelf · 2003-11-10 02:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Nano-nano... wasn't that from "Mork & Mindy"?
  
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2. Re:I Predict by plumby · 2003-11-10 02:42 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  This is why I turn to Slashdot - to dumb down these things to a level that I can just about grasp.
One minor problem with this by EmagGeek · 2003-11-10 02:00 · Score: 4, Funny

One problem inherent in disordered structures is the inherent differential cross-coupled field tensors present in a non-homogeneous layout of bipolar, dipolar, and unipolar electrical field vectors. These differential tensors lead to random non-unique ionization of co-recombinant carriers and de-ionization of unique co-recombinant carriers. These random ionizations and deionizations manifest in a statistically significant increase in error vector magnitude during bit placement and deplacement, and transfer. It is because of this that highly ordered systems are required for reliable nonvolatile memory arrays.
1. Re:One minor problem with this by Junta · 2003-11-10 02:13 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The answer is simple, simply reroute the EPS conduit to discharge antimatter through the deflector dish, and possibly adjust the Heisenberg compensator for the occasion.
  
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Monkeys by potcrackpot · 2003-11-10 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

A million monkeys were originally hired to conduct this study, but the combined might of animal rights activists and the high costs of bananas prevented it.

Contrary to popular belief, you have to pay bananas, not peanuts, to get monkeys.