I seem to remember that there was a rumor that the NSA had backdoors planted in Microsoft code. Could be just conspiracy theorists paranoia.. Guess we'll find out.
There is one company, Micromem, that is developing a ferromagnetic based RAM in conjunction with Honeywell. They describe, from the company website, that their product, MagRAM, as non-volative memory with DRAM "like" speeds. Their R&D is being done at the Center for High Technology Materials located at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. There is little technical information at the site about their technology but they claim MagRAM is high density, low power, has no read/write fatigue and is concurrent read/write feasible. It sounds good, but by the look of the website, the company is more interested in their stock price.
.Mike
Well I haven't read the FAQ on the companies site but it seems that by other posts that they are going to transmit in microwave. Microwave transmits at roughly 10^-2 m, or around a millimeter to a few centimetres. This is a longer wavelength than visible light and I do not beleive that it microwaves will be stopped by the weather. Uses of microwave technology include radar and long-distance telephone communication. BTW, I took most of this info from a first year astronomy textbook.
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I seem to remember that there was a rumor that the NSA had backdoors planted in Microsoft code. Could be just conspiracy theorists paranoia.. Guess we'll find out.
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There is one company, Micromem, that is developing a ferromagnetic based RAM in conjunction with Honeywell. They describe, from the company website, that their product, MagRAM, as non-volative memory with DRAM "like" speeds. Their R&D is being done at the Center for High Technology Materials located at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. There is little technical information at the site about their technology but they claim MagRAM is high density, low power, has no read/write fatigue and is concurrent read/write feasible. It sounds good, but by the look of the website, the company is more interested in their stock price.
.Mike
Well I haven't read the FAQ on the companies site but it seems that by other posts that they are going to transmit in microwave. Microwave transmits at roughly 10^-2 m, or around a millimeter to a few centimetres. This is a longer wavelength than visible light and I do not beleive that it microwaves will be stopped by the weather. Uses of microwave technology include radar and long-distance telephone communication. BTW, I took most of this info from a first year astronomy textbook.
Mike