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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. 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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  2. 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.

  3. 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