Scientists create world's densest memory circuit
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Nice.[^] Not nice: :-D Heath said it's the sort of device that a semiconductor company like Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020. CPhog didn't appear so my sig is the default CP one. :confused:
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Nice.[^] Not nice: :-D Heath said it's the sort of device that a semiconductor company like Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020. CPhog didn't appear so my sig is the default CP one. :confused:
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What I'm missing here. I guess I lost something here. >> The circuit has 160,000 bits of capacity, compared with previous generations of molecular circuits that were demonstrated at 64 bits. >> But researchers point to the circuit's density as the real breakthrough: 100 billion bits per square centimeter. 100 billons bits = 100.000.000.000 bits 100.000.000.000 / 8 (or 9) = 12.500.000.000 Bytes 12.500.000.000 / 1024 = 12.207.031 KB 12.207.031 / 1024 = 11.920 MB 11.920 = 11 GB :doh: Today technology: http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(2318)-SDSDM-4096-SanDisk_miniSDHC_Card_4GB_miniSD_HighCapacity.aspx[^] >> Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020. :doh:
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Nice.[^] Not nice: :-D Heath said it's the sort of device that a semiconductor company like Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020. CPhog didn't appear so my sig is the default CP one. :confused:
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"Each bit is just 15 nanometers wide, compared with the most dense memory devices currently available that measure 140 nanometers in width, the researchers said. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter." I'm wondering about this part, with CPUs transitioning from a 90 to 65nm process, is even ultrahighend memory lagging that far behind in terms of production or is the 140nm scale described here something different?
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"Each bit is just 15 nanometers wide, compared with the most dense memory devices currently available that measure 140 nanometers in width, the researchers said. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter." I'm wondering about this part, with CPUs transitioning from a 90 to 65nm process, is even ultrahighend memory lagging that far behind in terms of production or is the 140nm scale described here something different?
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=3693[^]
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
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http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=3693[^]
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
Now I'm not getting something here. The mentioned 8-Gigabits are 8 billion bits in my book. That would make it considerably less than the 100 billion wouldn't it??? Or is this 8-Gigabits measuring something completely different and if so than how is the link relevant to the article mentioned??? :confused: Cheers Martin
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http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=3693[^]
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
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Now I'm not getting something here. The mentioned 8-Gigabits are 8 billion bits in my book. That would make it considerably less than the 100 billion wouldn't it??? Or is this 8-Gigabits measuring something completely different and if so than how is the link relevant to the article mentioned??? :confused: Cheers Martin
"When your own heart asks - how will you respond?" Gosen waka shū "Situation normal - all fu***d up" Illuminatus! My photos on flickr
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Now I'm not getting something here. The mentioned 8-Gigabits are 8 billion bits in my book. That would make it considerably less than the 100 billion wouldn't it??? Or is this 8-Gigabits measuring something completely different and if so than how is the link relevant to the article mentioned??? :confused: Cheers Martin
"When your own heart asks - how will you respond?" Gosen waka shū "Situation normal - all fu***d up" Illuminatus! My photos on flickr
8 Gigabits or 8 billions bits is 1GB but I showed there that the technology is already here so they will put togheter more to get the 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, etc. The link I put on the previous link shows a MiniSD with 4GB (capital B = Bytes) = 4 billion Bytes or 32 billions bits which is not so far from the 100 billions that the article tells. Also the article talk about 140nm memory when SanDisk is already producing memory with 56nm
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
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That's what I thought, so I rephrase my question. Is the 140nm for current memory mentioned in the article something other than the process size?
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
I think the smaller number is the size of the transistors used on the chip, but it takes more then 1 transistor to store a bit.
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Now I'm not getting something here. The mentioned 8-Gigabits are 8 billion bits in my book. That would make it considerably less than the 100 billion wouldn't it??? Or is this 8-Gigabits measuring something completely different and if so than how is the link relevant to the article mentioned??? :confused: Cheers Martin
"When your own heart asks - how will you respond?" Gosen waka shū "Situation normal - all fu***d up" Illuminatus! My photos on flickr
The SanDisk product is FLASH memory while the original article refers to DRAM which is faster and, I believe, more complex. Steve
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Nice.[^] Not nice: :-D Heath said it's the sort of device that a semiconductor company like Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020. CPhog didn't appear so my sig is the default CP one. :confused:
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So they asked the local high school varsity football team to memorize the Pledge of Allegiance?:laugh: