Forget Flash: Resistive RAM Crams 1TB Onto Tiny Chip

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 6, 2013 @02:53AM from the promising-promising dept.

nk497 writes "Flash memory could soon be a thing of the past, according to U.S. startup Crossbar, which claims it's close to bringing resistive RAM (RRAM) to the market. Crossbar is touting impressive specs for the RRAM technology, promising 20 times the write performance at a fraction of the power consumption and size of the current best-in-class NAND flash modules — and squeezing terabytes of storage capacity onto a single chip the size of a postage stamp. The company also claims its technology can retain data for up to 20 years, compared with the standard one to three years with NAND flash."

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Re:Number of re-writes? by ShanghaiBill · 2013-08-06 03:58 · Score: 5, Informative

Do the memory points wear out after a certain number of re-writes?
Yes, according to Wikipedia, but new developments have been increasing the material endurance while decreasing the power consumption (less power == less harmful heat).