Friday, July 14, 2006
Magnetic Memory in PDA's Future?
Posted by Jon Westfall in "ARTICLE" @ 03:01 AM
"The memory-chip industry moved one step further from its dependence on power with Freescale Semiconductor's new memory chip, released on Monday. The MR2A16A is the first Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) device to hit the market. Magnetic power seeks to solve the problem of losing data once the power is turned off in devices such as digital cameras, mobile phones, and printers. The chip relies on a technology called magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). Prior to this product, memory chips relied on electric charge or current flows. Flash memory, which is electric, can keep data after power goes out but MRAM is faster and it will last longer than a flash chip."
Faster and longer-lasting than flash is how PC Magazine describes MRAM, so do you think it will be integrated into our devices anytime soon? Aside from having to buy new memory cards (Or perhaps having it built in), any cons forseeable?
Faster and longer-lasting than flash is how PC Magazine describes MRAM, so do you think it will be integrated into our devices anytime soon? Aside from having to buy new memory cards (Or perhaps having it built in), any cons forseeable?
