Researchers from Taiwan and the University of California, Berkeley, claim to have developed a new memory technology that can exceed the speed of today's mainstream charge-storage memory by up to 100X.
According to a paper published in the current issue of Applied Physics Letters, the device uses non-conducting material that integrates horizontally aligned, non-overlapping silicon nanodots (Si-QD), each of which has a diameter of about 3 nm and represents a single memory bit. The storage function is provided via a metallic layer on top of the nanodot surface that is employed as a metal gate to control the on and off stages of the nanodots.
The published paper claims that the operating voltage of the non-volatile memory device is 7 volts and the program/erase speed of the nanodots is less than 1 μs. The storage process itself uses brief bursts of green laser light to target specific regions of the metal gate layer and reach individual nanodots. The scientists also claim that the "materials and the processes used for the devices are compatible with current main-stream integrated circuit technologies" and "can also be applied to other advanced-structure devices."
There was no information on the capacity of the memory device and a possible production beyond a lab scenario.
I think the point here is that numerous technologies that are much more advanced have been developed throughout our industrialized history, but few have made it to full-scale production.
It might be the case with this technology as well.
Keep in mind that whenever similar things are published, they often get forgotten only to re-appear online years later, and disappear again.
Its also not a question of mass production at lowered costs.
We could have easily done all of that some time ago with numerous other technologies.
But keep in mind that the market doesn't work by suddenly transitioning to technology that's for example 100x more powerful/efficient.
Companies make more profits in the long run by making smaller revisions of existing technologies, slowly incorporating some minor features and overcharging the consumers simply because they can.
Technology that is in use today is highly stagnant actually.
Its quite sad really.
I think the point here is that numerous technologies that are much more advanced have been developed throughout our industrialized history, but few have made it to full-scale production.
It might be the case with this technology as well.
Keep in mind that whenever similar things are published, they often get forgotten only to re-appear online years later, and disappear again.
Its also not a question of mass production at lowered costs.
We could have easily done all of that some time ago with numerous other technologies.
But keep in mind that the market doesn't work by suddenly transitioning to technology that's for example 100x more powerful/efficient.
Companies make more profits in the long run by making smaller revisions of existing technologies, slowly incorporating some minor features and overcharging the consumers simply because they can.
Technology that is in use today is highly stagnant actually.
Its quite sad really.
still looking forward for products using this technology
Think how I feel at 40............
But yes I agree with you. There are too many people scared of new tech who are holding us back. Look at this website........ 1/2 the posts on here are people lamenting newer/better/faster.
The good enough crowd....
And this is a tech website. Imagine the mentality of the general public.
exactly. This is a good tech opportunity and we will see products as long as some hardware manufacturer jumps at this
i want newer, but not in a poor direction
i want faster, but not be required to get it
i want better, but not better to some and not to others
look at windows 7, yea, its better than xp in some cases, but others i would rather have xp still, i think it went in a poor direction
i want faster processors, graphics cards and so forth, but i dont want games programed with tri sli in mind and hopeing future cards sort it all out, or slopilly coded programs that bloat so much they have more features than an older version, but preform worse
and i dont windows 8 that will be great for tablets and phones be the corner stone of how a pc will be made
ill probable get downvoted for not calling windows 7 my god and saying xp was better in many ways, or the audacity of me for not wanting quad sli required for even the start menu of a video game to go at more than 15fps... but thats how i feel.
at the rate things are going, tech will just get good enough by around the time i hit 80, but if my grand parents are any indication, id rather be dead than get that old with my genetics.
Like when the first planes flew, it may or may not have been obvious it was going to become mainstream, but it gives us a glimpse into what can happen down the road.
if the new memory responds at 1us (1MHz) which is supposedly "100x faster than today's memory" then today's memory runs at 10kHz. are you sure you got the units and numbers right?
I was hoping that I am still living to see this come to reality.
Failure.