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MRAM Inches Towards Prime Time

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the magnetic-media-exposed dept.

levin writes "According to an article over at EETimes, magnetoresistive RAM chips are getting a little more practical. Infineon Technologies released info on a new 16M MRAM component on Tuesday and the read and write cycle times of this chip make it 'competitive with established DRAM.' How long before nonvolatile memory becomes the solution to crash-prone software rather than better programming?"

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  1. instant on? by kjba · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Applications for MRAM technology could include "instant on" PCs that do not have to be booted up

    Who cares about instant on? Using this advanced operating system called Linux my PC never needs a reboot.

    On the other hand, Windows users are gonna love this feature.