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Nanotube Memory Finally Beats Flash For Speed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-nano-for-your-nano dept.

holy_calamity writes "Although flash memory that stores each bit on a single nanotube has been tinkered with in the lab for years, it has always been much slower than the devices in use today. A Finnish team has now cracked that, demonstrating single bits of nanotube memory that can be written in just 100 nanoseconds. Existing flash memory takes tens of microseconds."

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  1. And what exactly by bigattichouse · · Score: 4, Funny

    what will we do when these "tubes" become clogged, and we can't get our email?

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    1. Re:And what exactly by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

      Call Joe the Nanoplumber?

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    2. Re:And what exactly by Hordeking · · Score: 2, Funny

      what will we do when these "tubes" become clogged, and we can't get our internets?

      Fixed it for you, Convict Stevens.

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    3. Re:And what exactly by GaryOlson · · Score: 2, Funny

      You place some absorbent material over the end of the tubes and apply some extremely high voltage thru the third gate.

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  2. That should... by imamac · · Score: 4, Funny

    That should be faster than anybody would ever need...

  3. Re:PETA won't like this at all.... by Daswolfen · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's what she said!

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  4. Re:nano internet? by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it would be 10^-9 LoCs. You're thinking of deci-internets.

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  5. Well, which Flash are we talking about here? by JoshDM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jay Garrick isn't as fast as Wally West or Barry Allen...

  6. Regressing by flaming+error · · Score: 4, Funny

    ENIAC was orders of magnitude faster. These guys do 100 nanoseconds/nanotube -> 100 seconds/tube!

  7. Re:Wow, that's pretty cool by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heck call me when a product is availible....at ANY price

    Sure. You can order it now for the low low price of $3 billion. Shipping time is estimated at 10 years and 7 days with free standard shipping, or 10 years and 3 days with Express Shipping for $15 extra.

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  8. Re:speed by bytta · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is no SI unit for shit, you insensitive clod!