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Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developed

Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developedDensity1012 bits per square inch? I think engraving is higher density and at least as stable.Unless, of course, that was supposed to be 10E12 bits per square inch.Fix your link!The link on the front page header does not take you to this article. The...

Tags: Semiconductors, Memory, memory chip, chip

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Billion-year ultra-dense memory chip developed

There's always been an inverse relationship between density and durability when it comes to data storage. Today's silicon memory chips contain a lot of density, but with a lifespan of just a few decades, they lack durability.  Yet primitive forms of storage such as information carved in stone are highly...

Tags: Shuttle, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanoparticle, Memory Chip, Chip, Memory Device, Shuttle Memory, Nanotechnology, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Samsung: We have the highest density memory chip

Samsung has created the first 4 GB dynamic random access memory chip manufactured on 50 nanometers. For Samsung, the effort--creating a 50 nm, 4GB DDR3 DDRAM chip, is part of a movement to cook up dense memory chips that reduce power.  In a statement,...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Memory Chip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-29

News to know: Apple as economic barometer; 100 GB memory chip; IE 8; Amazon DevPay

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009 Larry Dignan: Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock; Is the beating warranted? David Morgenstern: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy? Janice Chen: The best cameras...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Memory Chip, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chip, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Operating Systems, Memory, Software, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2008-01-23

100 GB memory chip coming in 2009

Bytes, not bits. Oh, and it's fast, too. Nanochip, a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor firm, just received $14 million in funding to complete work on a 100 GB storage chip. Intel Capital, who should know something about chips, is an investor. The goal: ". . . allow Nanochip to...

Tags: Memory Chip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Micron sampling smallest 1 GB DDR2 memory chip

Micron Technology said Wednesday that it is producing its new 1 GB DDR2 memory chip, the smallest of its kind. The company added that mass production is slated for "early next year." Micron's chip is fabricated on 68-nanometer DRAM process technology. That process along...

Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Memory Chip, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Memory, Hardware, Networking, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-12

FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip market

FTC: Rambus monopolized memory chip marketHere we go againHistory repeats -- especially when it works so well the first time.Rambus is [i]reputed[/i] to hold blocking IP on the JEDEC FBDIMM standard. However, they refuse to tell the Committee or JEDEC BOD what, if any, they have.Of course, in a...

Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Network technology, Rambus Inc., antitrust, patent, memory chip, FTC, fraud statute, chip

Discussion threads 2006-08-02

Memory chip revenues up 2.4% in 2005

Memory chip revenue will increase 2.4% in 2005 to $49 bln, driven by strong growth for NAND flash. Market revenue will peak at $61 bln in 2008, before dropping back to $49 bln in 2010, Gartner reported.

Tags: revenue

Blog posts 2005-10-14

Additional Resources

Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway

Great idea !!!Finally something new and exciting from Microsoft. It maybe won't change the market anytime soon, but at least, these will set a benchmark by which other will have to measure. It's also a nice way to demonstrate the best Windows has to offer.And it's nice to see Microsoft...

Tags: Notebooks, developer giveaway, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory

IBM should thank M$for activating its agents in the EC and stalling the Oracle-Sun deal.MySQL/MariaDB may be where most of the data residesYes, Oracle and DB2 have a significant market share of large DB installations, but most of the data in the world isn't aggregated by a few large companies,...

Tags: Corporate law, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)

We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, Acer Aspire Z5610, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Apple iMac, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

HP Pavilion Slimline s5220y

HP's $480 Pavilion Slimline s5220y is another low-end slim tower PC that offers mediocre performance and equally unexciting performance packaged in a relatively boring case. Its small stature might tempt some of you to use it as a light-duty PC, or even a media-streaming box, but its out-of-date connectivity options...

Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Video cards, DVD, Consumer electronics, Slimline, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Asus UL50AG-RBBBK05

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores. This year has undoubtedly been defined, if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shave size--and even...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, ASUS, laptop computer, processor

Product reviews 2009-11-11

Dell Studio XPS 8000

Dell's Studio XPS 8000 offers an attractive chassis and mostly up-to-date features. Its configurations start as low as $699, but our $1,329 review unit is a solid upper-midrange performance desktop that will play games and handle more demanding digital media tasks with little difficulty. For the very price-performance conscious, both...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Studio XPS 8000, Intel P55, Dell Studio XPS 8000, motherboard

Product reviews 2009-11-10

Spark Loader 1.0 (Windows)

Spark Loader is a boot loader for AVR microcontrollers, it is used for programming flash and EEPROM using a serial link between your computer and the microcontroller through any free COM port. Spark Loader consists of two parts: 1. On - chip boot loader: A hex file that resides at...

Tags: Microcontroller, Boot Loader, Microsoft Windows, Osama

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Dell Inspiron i545s-1476N

The $480 Inspiron 545s-1476 is the third Dell desktop we've reviewed with the company's current slim tower chassis, and we can't say our opinion has changed since the last time we saw it. We're still satisfied with its design, but we remain disappointed with the features Dell seems to have...

Tags: Notebooks, DVD, Consumer electronics, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., dual-layer DVD burner, DVD burner, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-06

Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?

I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...

Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

AVADirect Nano Cube

AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game

Product reviews 2009-11-04