[mdlug] Semi-OT: IBM's "racy" new memory

[Aaron Kulkis]

Michael Rudas wrote:
> Spintronics comes of age, "racetrack" memory will eventually replace
> flash chips:
> "IBM Moves Closer to New Class of Memory"  (Includes embedded Flash
> video via YouTube)
> <http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23859.wss>

Where have I seen this before????

Oh yes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twistor_memory

and IBM's previous foray into this arena, the much ballyhooed 
http://en.wikiphedia.org/wiki/Bubble_memory of which much was
written about in the early 1980's, but was never sold much
(if at all).


Color me uninspired.

> 
> which appears to be a follow-up to this earlier story:
> "IBM teams with TDK for MRAM research"
> <http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6470077>
> 
> I call this "semi-OT" because it certainly opens the door for new
> Linux-based low-power portable technology...
> 
> ~~ Mikey