Intel Previews Potential Replacement for Flash Memory

GeeksAreSexy writes "Eweek has an article up about the invention of a new kind of nonvolatile memory technology that could one day replace traditional flash memory. Unlike traditional flash memory, chips using this new technology will be able to execute code with performance, and sustain millions of read/write cycles without dying." From the article: "This is a case in which 'Necessity is the mother of invention' is very true. We were forced to look for something else, completely different. That's why we decided to invest in PCM ... There are definitely limits to what you can do with our current flash methodology. There needs to be a complete quantum leap somewhere along the line to push everything forward. We believe PCM are going to be that quantum leap."

Comments

Wow

[giorgiofr]

This is so offtopic it's not even funny. Have you ever even considered RTFB? (blurb)

Re:Quantum Leap

[steveo777]

I think you're thinking of epsilon... which I have no clue how to type into a /. comment.

In my Calc II class in college we had a couple TA's. One was there to help students and the other was there to grade papers. They butted heads a lot becuase the TA that helped the students did it in a way that pissed off the grader (didn't show enough work or something like that on the homework). Well, I'd frequently get knocked off a few points because I didn't show a step here and there (usually nitpicky stuff like simplification). Which pissed me off to no end when it would effect my grade. The prof told me to take it up with the TA. Who couldn't care less, and refused to re-issue grades.

At the end of the class my comment on the review sheet for the TA's was as follows:
"The combined absolute value of the TA's was less than epsilon." Followed by the formula |TA1 + TA2| E (or something to that effect. I was pissed about my grade. Later I found out this prof used the same TA for all her grading and I had to rearrange my schedule so I wouldn't get that TA again.