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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.

4 of 154 comments (clear)

  1. Re:For the non-geeks by solevita · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps the non geeks shouldn't be reading slashdot? I'm sure Wikipedia has everthing that the non geek could ever want, hopefully they'll stay there. Thanks for the link though...

  2. Re:Advantages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.bigbadguide.com/

  3. ..and... by AltGrendel · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "I'd like a bit of PRAM please. OOooooohhh!!"

    Episode 14, for you Sir Monty Python fanatics./I

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  4. To Boot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone else annoyed by this fad of saying "to boot" all the time?