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Melting Memory Chips In Mass Production
chill writes "Nature is reporting that 'South Korean manufacturer Samsung Electronics announced this week that it has begun mass production of a new kind of memory chip that stores information by melting and freezing tiny crystals. Known as phase-change memory (PCM), the idea was first proposed by physicists in the 1960s.' With transistor-equivalent cells only 20 nm wide, switching time is around 16 ns. The first target market is cell phones, but the companies behind the technology see applications in PCs, servers, and other devices as well."
help, my computer's frozen! nothings responding!
did you try reseting your memory?
how do I do that?
a few minutes with a hair dryer should do the trick.
If these things run too hot, you'll literally have vaporware.
And the Compy... just peed my carpet.
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is that the missing link between the electroweak force and gravity?
Yes, and they've genetically engineered tiny little sharks to swim around zapping the crystals on and off.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
...that processors that support this type of memory will have to provide a Halt-and-Catch-Fire opcode?
Are you sure? It can get pretty hot in my jeans...
Frankly, I'm quite surprised I don't see 3.5 inch "thermite drives" being advertised all the time.
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Really? Then why are old windows thinner at the top than the bottom?