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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. New tech? We still get stuck by Trashhalo · · Score: 1, Troll

    cheaper to produce, to boot.
    Yea but since it is "better than flash" they can charge more for it and just get much larger profits. I hate hate hate how companies throw on "new technology" surcharges even when it costs less than the old tech to produce.

    dont mind me I am just bitter today.

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    Dooom
  2. Re:"perfect" ? by IflyRC · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't worry, Al Gore is already investigating and incorporating it into his slide show.
    Michael Moore is working on the movie.