Smartphones to get novel memory material (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Smartphones could have their battery life extended by up to 20% by changing what type of memory they use.

Samsung has announced plans to produce memory modules built of what is known as a phase change material.

These modules are built of a substance that records or erases data when it is heated and typically use far less power than existing equivalents.

Samsung said modules made of the memory material would roll off its production lines later in 2010.
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Samsung lab tests suggest that the 512Mbit phase change memory can read and write data up to 10 times faster than some existing flash memory types. Overall, said Samsung, phase change memory is about three times faster than existing flash memory.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093528.stm

[Greyskye]

1. Before I was laid off a year ago I was working on Phase Change Memory

PCM is a great technology and has the potential to be a game changer in the industry.

And Samsung isn't the leader in this technology. ;)

[lazarus]

2. cool

New tech is neat.