04-09-2003, 10:18 PM
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Motorola Claims Memory Breakthrough
"Nanotechnology may open the door to smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry memory chips in cell phones, network gear, and other devices, Motorola said Monday. Motorola researchers in Austin, Texas, have built a test chip with an advanced technology that could be used as the next evolutionary step in manufacturing embedded memory using the same basic equipment in place today, the company said in a statement.
The researchers made and demonstrated a fully functional memory device using silicon nanocrystals, a technology that may be key to the evolution of memory as it gets more dense, according to the company. They now will focus on reducing the die size and tightening the technology specifications, and the technology may make it into chips that hit the market next year. Silicon nanocrystal memories could be made cost-effectively using today's equipment, the company claims."
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04-09-2003, 11:29 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Whoo hoo!  This is good news, and I get interested in stuff like this.. :mrgreen:
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04-10-2003, 02:19 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Interresting
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04-10-2003, 02:45 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Quote:
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could be made cost-effectively using today's equipment, the company claims
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:roll:
Yup.. cost effective for them, big $$$$ for us :twisted:
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04-10-2003, 06:43 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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So cool, it's scary.
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04-10-2003, 06:47 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 555
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It's cool and all...but next year? Knowing the tech market -- I don't think so.
But mmm...14 gig SD cards sound positively scrumptious! 
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