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"Colossal Magnetic Effect" Could Lead To Another Breakthrough In Storage Tech

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the size-matters dept.

Bryant writes "Scientists with the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered what could bring yet another massive advance in memory and storage. The discovery, a magnetoresistence literally 'up to 1000 times more powerful' than the Giant Magnetoresistence Effect discovered roughly 20 years ago, which led to one of the major breakthroughs in memory, seems to be a result of high-pressure interactions between Manganites. Manganites aren't new to this game; MRAM uses Manganite layers to achieve the Magnetic Tunnel Effect needed to keep the state of memory stable. Applying significant amounts of pressure to known tech-useful materials isn't a new trick; you might recall the recent breakthrough with Europium superconductivity thanks to similar high-pressure antics."

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  1. Massless advance in memory and storage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In the future, instead of using disk compression, you can get your fat momma to sit on your computer.

  2. Re:Storage.... by castironpigeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem isn't storage its speed. Really with 1TB of HD space there isn't anything you can't have a lot of. On the other hand I/O, especially magnetic I/O is the main bottleneck. Storage isn't a problem.

    Are you saying that 1TB of space should be enough for anyone?

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  3. Re:Storage.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you saying that 1TB of space should be enough for anyone?

    No. He's saying that 1TB of RAM is almost enough to run Vista.

  4. New Tech by Evildonald · · Score: 2, Funny

    At last! I hope my magnetic personality won't wipe this new technology as well.

  5. One wonders what they'll call the next discovery? by cutecub · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about the "Super-Hyper-Colossal-Magnetoresistence Effect?"

    At some point, you run out of superlatives and need to go Exponential:

    Magneto X 10^Super-Hyper-Colossal

    -S

  6. Re:One wonders what they'll call the next discover by JoshuaZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Super-Hyper-Colossal-Magnetoresistence-Effect-Mega-Zord! What the Power Rangers use to defeat the evil forces of insufficient memory.

  7. Re:Speed and latency matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That would be great until the power went out for 8 hours and your on-board battery went dead along with all of your data.

  8. Re:One wonders what they'll call the next discover by ShakaUVM · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>How about the "Super-Hyper-Colossal-Magnetoresistence Effect?"

    Yeah, they were really short sided when they skipped directly from "giant" to "colossal". As all nerds know, the progression goes:
    Fine -> Diminutive -> Tiny -> Small -> Medium -> Large -> Huge -> Gargantuan -> Colossal.

    Since giants are Huge, the next step up in technology would be Gargantuan.

    (And after Colossal comes Colossal+, of course.)

  9. LMR Effect by HiggsBison · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about the "Super-Hyper-Colossal-Magnetoresistence Effect?"

    I'm waiting for the Ludicrous Magnetoresistence Effect.

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  10. Re:It is great but ... by Lord+Accium · · Score: 1, Funny

    Someone else seems to so because

    You accidentally the whole verb !