Carbon Nanotube Memory on the Way

Cyberherbalist writes "Nantero, a nanotechnology company, is expecting prototypes of products using NRAM technology (nanotube-based, non-volatile random access memory) to be available in 2006. In the article at nature.com, it says that 'the company has succeeded in making circular wafers, 13 centimetres in diameter, that hold 10 gigabits of data.' And they are ten times faster than 'flash' memory."

Comments

Re:Wafer?

[alexatrit]

And how thick is a wafer, exactly? compared to say, a disk platter? If they attain the access time mentioned in TFA, it is rather impressive. High-capacity, fast, thin, and preferably shiny things are always impressive.

Hype?

[mothlos]

Is there anything you can't do with carbon nanotubes?

So far I have heard that they will be the next steel, the next silicon, the next communication line, the next display medium, the next fabric, the next medicinal treatment. I just want to know is will this change the world in the same fundamental way that mineral oil did in the 20th?

Re:Hype?

[Anonymous Coward]

I just want to know is will this change the world in the same fundamental way that mineral oil did in the 20th?

Or the way snake oil did in the 19th?

Yes, but...

[wootest]

...does it scratch easily?

Re:Wafer?

[aug24]

Ah... ferrite core. I remember being shown a 4 inch square of that stuff that held... a kilobit. Yes, that's right, 256 bytes filling the size of your hand. 32 copper wires across and down, with a little lump of black ferrite core at each junction, like the ugliest jewellery you ever saw.

When they got bugs in the system, they could correct the memory by hand with a magnet...

Ah, those were the completely off-topic days.

Justin.