IBM invents MRAM memory!

[Greebe]

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...662175,00.html

[Himself]

Sounds cool, but I'm sure there will be a lot of cool things in 10 years time.

[Dyre]

This stuff probably wont be used as RAM in our machines, but more like a HD for a handheld PC, used to store all the data on the machine..

[paulcs]

I'm sure Rambus patented it seven years ago and just didn't bother telling anyone about it. They secured this inbetween their patent awards for oxygen and those pyjamas with feet and the trap door in the back.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[This message has been edited by paulcs (edited 08 December 2000).]

[SteveC]

Were RAMBUS around in the 70's??

Quote from the Register:

IBM and Infineon are jointly to develop a memory technology dating from the 1970s that could significantly increase the battery life of portable computing devices and help the spread of 'instant-on' PCs.

Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) uses magnetic charges to store data and the two companies claim commercial products could appear by 2004. MRAM is non-volatile, faster and uses less power than standard memory, it is claimed.

IBM developed a technology called the magnetic tunnel junction back in 1974, eventually adapting it for use in data storage and built a prototype MRAM chip in 1998.

About 80 IBM and Infineon engineers will work on the project at IBM labs across the US.

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[paulcs]

The laws of Newtonian physics don't apply to Rambus. Time and space as we perceive them are irrelevant when all business is conducted in a black hole of avarice and greed.

I just learned that Rambus has patented the wheel. All owners of cars, wagons, planes, wheel mice, donuts, frisbees, and anything else that can be construed as round must begin sending checks to Mountain View immediately. Resistance is futile. Those who continue to infringe upon Rambus, Inc.'s patent of the wheel will have to pay more later.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[dZeus]

actually, Rambus has recently patented the 'pantent' idea. That means anything you pantent will be official property of Rambus Inc.

[SteveC]

No, dZeus - that's a common myth - what actually happened, was that RAMBUS patented 'ideas'. Therefore, anyone who has an Idea automatically has to give it to RAMBUS or they get sued...

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[Himself]

Didn't you know that Rambus has a time machine?