Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Japanese Scientists Develop Long-Life Flash Memory

Posted by kdawson on from the degrades-gracefully-too dept.

schliz writes "Flash memory chips with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years have been developed by Japanese scientists. The new chips also work at lower voltages than conventional chips, according to the scientists from the University of Tokyo. They are said to be scaleable down to at least 10 nm; current Flash chips wouldn't be usable below 20 nm."

12 of 188 comments (clear)

  1. if you write real small by jacquesm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stone tablets will last even longer!

    --
    MP3 Search Engine
    1. Re:if you write real small by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unfortunately, even God can only fit 5 commands on a single stone tablet.

      --
      which is totally what she said
    2. Re:if you write real small by jacquesm · · Score: 5, Funny

      the fact that any three year old can do better is probably one of the stronger proofs that god, indeed, does not exist.

      --
      MP3 Search Engine
    3. Re:if you write real small by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unfortunately, even God can only fit 5 commands on a single stone tablet.

      Its just as well. Imagine what Sunday School would have been like if Moses hat taken a PDA up mount Sinai and come back with the 65,536 commandments.

    4. Re:if you write real small by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's not just like 'thou shalt not kill', each command is quite verbose.

      Thou, hereby referred to as THE SINNER, shall not, under any circumstance, unless with the express permission of thy god, hereby referred as GOD, attempt to willfully, negligently or otherwise end the life of another...

  2. Or... by DrYak · · Score: 4, Funny

    god, indeed, does not exist.

    ...Or is even less skilled than a toddler.

    --
    "Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
    1. Re:Or... by Wite_Noiz · · Score: 5, Funny
      Blimey, you guys are cynical.

      The guy (or gal) was etching those stones using a friggin' lightning bolt from his cloud in the sky... that's pretty damned impressive.

  3. That's what flash looks like under a microscope by Joce640k · · Score: 2, Funny

    And that's why it wears out. Apparently.

    --
    No sig today...
  4. Re:What is the point? by Swizec · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh gawd, you're gonna torture your grandchildren through ALL that archived stuff? Crazy, I can hardly deal with the tens of old-school analogue photos that have survived through the ages, let alone having a grand parent silly enough to think archiving all of their photos was a good idea.

  5. Re:The key might last 100 years... by Amorymeltzer · · Score: 3, Funny

    You clearly haven't heard of the iPod, it seems.

    --
    I live in constant fear of the Coming of the Red Spiders.
  6. Re:Awesome by utopianfiat · · Score: 5, Funny

    10nm get you anyting you want baby, me so info-dense, baby, me so info-dense. Me store you long time.

    --
    +5, Truth
  7. Re:What is the point? by thrillseeker · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you think "archive" folders in Outlook are for? Emails older than 100 years?

    You never worked for my old boss.