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Found this article today on iTWire. It looks like non-volatile memory is going to be a hot area for development over the next eighteen months. We look forward to larger storage capacity, faster access times and less power consumption.

This has got to be a boon for all sorts of portable applications. We look forward to hearing more about this technology over the next six months.

iTWire – IBM has Flash-killer on the cards

IBM has Flash-killer on the cards PDF Print E-mail By Adam Turner Monday, 11 December 2006 A prototype memory card technology 500 times faster than Flash cards has been unveiled by IBM to meet the exploding demand for portable music, video and photo storage. The technology is a form of phase-change memory (PCM), which promises faster read and write times than Flash, greater endurance and the ability to write to individual memory addresses. It only requires half the power of a Flash memory card. The technology utilises a new semiconductor alloy – a combination of germanium, antimony and tellurium – that can be scaled smaller than Flash technology. The device’s cross-section is a mere three by 20 nanometres, far smaller than Flash can be built today and equivalent to the industry’s chip-making capabilities targeted for 2015.

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