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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

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

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...

Tags: Processors, Nov/Dec 09, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Best Kit List, Hardware 2.0, CPU, hardware, Intel Corp., motherboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

The perfect computer?

Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...

Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-02

Averatec D1130 All-in-One

The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Asus Eee Top ET2002

Nvidia wants us to tell you that its GeForce 9400M graphics chip, aka Nvidia's Ion technology, pulls Asus' Eee Top ET2002 up from the depths of Nettop misery by imparting it with better-than-terrible graphics and video processing. We agree that the 9400 chip improves the ET2002's visual chops, but a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Games, Semiconductors, Keyboards, Video cards, Game players, nettop, chip, game, HDMI, ASUS, graphics

Product reviews 2009-10-20

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Psystar Open(Q)

If nothing else, Psystar's OpenQ should serve as a message to Apple that it's long overdue in bringing quad-core CPUs to its mainstream desktops. Because as much as the OpenQ lacks Apple's design polish, this $799, illicitly OS X-based midtower runs circles around Apple's $1,499 24-inch iMac on our benchmarks....

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Processors, Psystar, Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-10-09