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New "PRAM" 30 Times Faster Than Flash

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-cheaper-longer-lasting dept.

hairyfeet writes, "The EETimes describes the new Samsung memory, phase-change RAM, called PRAM. Samsung is dubbing it 'Perfect RAM' because it is thirty times faster than NOR flash, ten times more durable — and cheaper to produce, to boot." 512-Mbit modules should be available sometime in 2008. None of the initial coverage goes much beyond Samsung's press release. At the same time, Samsung also announced a 40-nm, 32-Gbit NAND flash device.

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  1. Good by MindStalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cause I'm sick of how long it takes to load those damn Flash ads that hang over my browser window.

    1. Re:Good by ElephanTS · · Score: 2, Funny

      Heh heh - good point. And don't forget to reset the PRAM hold down ++P+R and wait for the double bong.

      (personally I'd be happy with one bong but some people are greedy that way)

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      spoonerize "magic trackpad"
  2. Ob. Python by TexasDex · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have to push the PRAM-a-lot!

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    The Cheese Stands Alone.
  3. A pram that is 30 times faster? by bmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since a pram is generally used at walking speed, doesn't anyone think of the baby's safety when it's rolling 30 times faster, i.e., 90 miles/hr or 145kph?

    Think of the children!

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    BMO

    1. Re:A pram that is 30 times faster? by vistic · · Score: 2, Funny

      Babies have important meetings to get to.

      The wall street babies get Hummer prams.

  4. Pauly Shore by RudeDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your PC got harshed, right, 'cause your
    system heaps at the wrong parameter.
    So l toasted the dated directory,
    tweaked the P-RAM...
    and reglazed your subroutine.
      - Crawl, in "Son In Law" (Pauly Shore)

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    RudeDude
    Perl/Linux/PHP hacker
    1. Re:Pauly Shore by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

      In some parts of the world, quoting Pauly Shore can get you shot.

  5. Re:Errata + Info + Opinion by grammar+fascist · · Score: 3, Funny

    no, current chips are 2.5D. basically they're just a series of circut "maps" laid on top of each other.

    Which of course introduces limitations such as:

    1. You can't put one ledge on top of another, which limits specific types of gameplay

    2. Non-map opjects are sprites, which don't look so great, and dead bodies tend to rotate on the floor when you're not looking (which is a little unsettling)

    On the plus side, you can generate maps using only a single 2D or stacks of 2D blueprints.

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    I got my Linux laptop at System76.
  6. How storage should be stated by splatacaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Storage should be stated in megaBYTES and gigaBYTES not bits. No one uses bits anymore, we've all upgraded to bytes. Then there was that half standard of nibbles, what the heck was that all about.