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Phase Change Memory Breakthrough Could Lead to Gigahertz-Plus Data Transfers

Posted June 23, 2012 4:53 PM

From Engadget:

Often considered the eventual successor to flash, phase change memory has had a tough time getting to the point where it would truly take over; when it takes longer to write data than conventional RAM, there's clearly a roadblock. The University of Cambridge has the potential cure through a constant-power trick that primes the needed hybrid of germanium, antimony and tellurium so that it crystalizes much faster, committing data to memory at an equally speedy rate.

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