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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. Ook by after · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is good and all, but I don't see how this would affect me.

    I have 1 gig of ram in my machine, and this is more then enough for me.

    On the other hand, this is pretty cool for servers where one would need much RAM.

    I remember talking to someone that was in VTECH and their servers had over 32 gigabytes of RAM - cant imagine how much that could cost (they were running one of those Unisys file servers and a user file server.)

    Go IBM .. for ugh, making cheep stuff cheaper ;)

    1. Re:Ook by after · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Man, I feel stupid.

      Sorry - didnt read/realize the article before replying.

      I think I'll stop replyin for a while.

  2. Re:Merry Christmas by eclectro · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    you too :))

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    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
  3. Re:Merry Christmas! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Chrsitmas

    And maybe you'll get a dictionary for Christmas!

  4. Potato chips and IBM chips by mac+os+ken · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    When you think about it memory chips and potato chips have a lot in common.

    Electronic chips get smaller in size the more manufacturers work on them while the memory gets bigger. Potato chips get smaller in size while you eat your way to the bottom of the bag and your thighs get bigger.

    Mmmmm... potato chips...

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    .deviatefromtheabsolute.
  5. Re:The best thing about polymer... by mokomull · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Neither do I.