IBM writes faster than Flash memory
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IBM have developed a memory chip that is 500 times faster than Flash memory.
It also uses only one half the power to write it as well.
The results were achieved using Phase Memory, which developers at IBM, Macronix and Qimonda, hope will be the successor to Flash.
Additional storage is going to be a prime requisite in multi-media rich mobile applications, and IBM think they’re onto a winner here.
The Phase Memory cell requires a complex semi-conductor alloy, which was developed using mathmatical models to track the predicted behaviour of phase memory cells.
However, much as though we all applaud them for the current advance, the big test comes not just from having working applications in consumer technology.
It also comes from manufacturers opting to use it in the first place.
Toshiba and SanDisk have already invested $2.6 billion in a join Flash memory development plant, and Intel and Samsung are also chasing successors.
May the best chip win.
