I remember a presentation at a Physics Seminar at my university, a guy from a big government funded research lab came to tell us about magnetic memory, a kind of memory that works just as the hard drive does, only that it can be addressed electronically and without moving parts.
The cool thing about them was that they would completely do away with the concept of hard-drive and memory as separate entities. They would not require electricty to store the information only to reset it.
The guy was very sure of himself (some head-honcho) and promised to put the semiconductor industry out of buisness. I haven't heard anything more about this ever since.
Just imagine how cool it woudl be to be able to unplug your system and turn it back on and getting it back in the exact same state that it was.
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The cool thing about them was that they would completely do away with the concept of hard-drive and memory as separate entities. They would not require electricty to store the information only to reset it.
The guy was very sure of himself (some head-honcho) and promised to put the semiconductor industry out of buisness. I haven't heard anything more about this ever since.
Just imagine how cool it woudl be to be able to unplug your system and turn it back on and getting it back in the exact same state that it was.