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IBM Says Polymer Memory Could Be Ready By 2005

Posted by timothy on from the my-brain-awaits-an-upgrade dept.

prostoalex writes "Polymer memory is hardly anything new, and we already had HP and Princeton announcing their prototype. In a Forbes magazine article IBM promises polymer memory that's five times cheaper than current flash memory, and expects the first devices with polymer data storage systems to be delivered possibly by 2005. IBM's Zurich Lab published this article last year with description of Millipede."

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  1. The best thing about polymer... by xintegerx · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's more than one "mer".

    (Forecasting clueless Best Buy employees trying to sell computers.)

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  2. Recycle time? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this also mean that all the old fogey polyester clothes can be recycled and used for memory? And if so will their absence of clothing be considered flash memory?

  3. Oh yeah! by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Imagine a video camera in which each segment you've recorded is displayed in a directory with a unique file name, instantly accessed, appended or erased at the push of a button," says Christopher Andrews, communications program manager for the Armonk, N.Y,-based company. "If you're on vacation and want to erase an old segment to make room for something new, there would be no need to hunt with 'rewind' and 'fast forward' to find the section of the tape you're looking for."

    Oh yes! And we can call those storage device CompactFlash cards, because they're compact, made of flash memory and card sha... Hey! Wiat a second... Sounds rather familiar...

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  4. ha by ShadowRage · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a Forbes magazine article IBM promises polymer memory that's five times cheaper than current flash memory

    but will be five times more expensive in the stores

    good 'ol marketing.