What do you think is the memory of the future?

[Vigilant]

DDR? RDRAM? What about Intel's memory initiative?

 

[euan]

I think Sram would be nice as the default mem type in pc's, just think of the speed.

OTOH, IBM recently demonstrated a holographic data storage system. lots of layers of 1024x1024 pixels = lots of MBs can't remember the specifics (I was semi-sleeping during the opto-electronics lecture). Just like star trek.

 

[CLxyz]

Embedded
bandwidth on those things are just CRAZY.... but so's the price
Wouldn't anyone just love to have a solidstate harddrive?

 

[Vigilant]

SRAM--- Too expensive. Too small.

Holographic Data Storage System--- They've been talking about that for years, and meanwhile IDE drives keep getting larger and faster.

Embedded DRAM--- Faster, but too small. Only 8MBs on die? Actually it is pretty cheap to make. Check out Micron's initiative.

Solid State HDDs--- WAY too expensive.

 

[Ya CHA CHa]

TDR memory
check it out a crucial.com

 

[samiam]

On the subject of embedded DRAM: Sony has a chip design with 256-MBit (32 Megabytes!) of embedded DRAM.

The device contains 256-Mbit of on-chip embedded DRAM, or eight times more than the current Graphics Synthesizer. The DRAM and wide 2,000-bit internal buses can deliver 48 gigabytes per second of bandwidth.

http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010207S0012

 

[BeardedClem]

I had inadvertently started a thread on this topic in the Off Topic forum before I realized this one was here so my vote is for Magnetic ram. read it here

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12044

 

[Vigilant]

Yes, MRAM seems interesting.

Ya Chacha, what the heck is TDR?

 

[Vigilant]

I guess everybody knows that 256MB PC2100 DDR CAS2 RAM is available at Crucial, right?