memory

Intel to marry processor to memory

News Will Intel get back into the business of selling computer memory? Wedding memory directly to the processor would have huge performance benefits. On Tuesday, Intel showed off an 80-core processor at its developer forum taking place in San Francisco...

29 September 2006, 9:24

Memory cards survive plummet into ocean

News A high-flying, student-assembled research balloon that appeared doomed after crashing into the Pacific Ocean has ended up yielding valuable astronomical data, thanks to hardy memory cards that survived the plunge.

11 July 2005, 9:22

USB flash memory card developed

News A flash memory card standard which promises removable media that can be inserted into either a USB 2.0 port or a MMC reader has been developed. Adding USB 2.0 capability to a memory card provides an interface that is compatible with existing...

6 June 2007, 10:06

Microsoft: Vista does support Turbo Memory

News Microsoft has denied Sony's claim that the current release of Vista supports neither Intel's Turbo Memory technology nor hybrid hard drives. The spat between the companies arose after Sony revealed to CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet.co.uk that it...

8 June 2007, 10:22

News.blog: Intel innovates memory space

News Intel and ST Microelectronics have come up with a way to put multiple bits of data in a single memory cell in phase change memory, a breakthrough that effectively doubles the technology's density. Phase change memory is a type of memory made out of...

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6 February 2008, 9:09

HP's Memory Spot crams data onto sticker

News Prototype chips now hold between 256Kb and 4Mb of flash memory, and these chips were made on the relatively old 180-nanometer manufacturing process. Memory Spot, a technology devised by the research division of HP, is a self-contained storage...

17 July 2006, 10:19

News.blog: Apple stocks up with flash memory

News Flash memory chips bound for Apple's iPods and iPhones will account for 25 per cent of the world's total flash output in the third quarter. So says DRAMeXchange, a market research company out of Taiwan that tracks the memory industry.

19 July 2007, 9:33

Rambus starts licensing designs to use disputed memory

News Rambus, the memory designer that is suing manufacturers over their use of DDR memory, is now marketing technology that will help chipmakers adopt it. The company has begun to license designs for interfaces for DDR DRAM, or double data rate DRAM...

10 May 2004, 11:00

Double delight for PC memory makers

News For makers of PC memory known as double data rate synchronous dynamic RAM, 2004 is shaping up as a two-pronged winner: prices for the current technology are surging, and a new, high-profit replacement is about to hit store shelves.

14 April 2004, 10:15

Infineon to supply Xbox 360 memory

News Infineon will supply Microsoft with high-density memory for the upcoming Xbox 360, executives with the computer memory maker confirmed on Monday. Executives from the German-owned company said it will be supplying a removable solid-state dynamic...

30 August 2005, 9:26

Sony steers clear of Intel's Turbo Memory

News Sony will not include Intel's Turbo Memory in its upcoming Vaio laptops, claiming a lack of Vista support. Sony's revelation follows the news on Monday that HP would not include Turbo Memory -- known also by its codename 'Robson' -- in its laptop...

6 June 2007, 9:17

Samsung improves NAND flash memory

News Samsung on Monday announced a new design for NAND flash memory chips that will pave the way for a more powerful memory card -- good news for consumers seeking more storage space in digital cameras, MP3 players, USB drives and smart phones.

12 September 2006, 9:11

News.blog: Scientists erase rat's memory

News In the experiment, neuroscientists from MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory targeted the hippocampus, an area of the brain that's key to forming and maintaining memory. They manipulated synapses in the rat's hippocampus in order to...

25 August 2006, 9:06

Wi-Fi memory cards for cameras imminent

News In the autumn, US-based start-up Eye-Fi plans to release Secure Digital memory cards with integrated Wi-Fi chips. Although he did not clarify their memory capacity, he strongly indicated that they would hold about 2GB.

11 June 2007, 9:35

Samsung to pay $300m fine for price fixing

News The international conspiracy to fix memory prices uncovered in 2002 was real after all. Samsung, the world's biggest memory maker, has agreed to pay $300m and plead guilty for conspiring with others to fix prices on Dynamic Random Access Memory, or...

14 October 2005, 9:08