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Nanoscale Switches in Memory

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the harnassing-the-power-of-the-atom dept.

Frans Faase writes "At the university of Boston, researchers are using nano-scale mechanical switches as a novel technology for building memory. These switches are extremely small, require only femtowatts of power to switch, but still can switch at speeds of 23.57 megahertz. And they are expected to become even smaller and faster and are expected to overcome the theoretical limit of 100 gigabits per square inch capacity for magnetic media."

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  1. Re:Boston University by Simonetta · · Score: 0, Troll

    All that money on a Boston University degree and they never taught you the difference between "its" (a possessive adjective) and "it's" (a contraction of it is).
    Worse, they never explained that simple grammer mistakes would negate the force of any written public argument. Nor, did they explain how to use widely-available computer tools to catch these little things before publishing.

    I remember every day in October 1972 passing the BU main dorm near Kenmore Square where the students had placed huge individual letters in the windows of an upper floor of the building. The letters read "LICK DICK IN 72", a reference to the election of Richard Nixon at the time.

    Isn't Howard Stern BU's most famous graduate?