from the not-yet-available-in-a-store-near-you dept.
Novel molecules could help flash memory move beyond its storage limits, allowing for massive amounts of data to be recorded in small spaces, according to European scientists.
Metal-oxide clusters that can retain electrical charge and act as RAM could form a new basis for data cells used in flash memory, the researchers from the University of Glasgow’s Schools of Chemistry and Engineering and Rovira i Virgili University in Spain wrote in a letter ( http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13951.html ) published in Nature.
The group of 13 researchers said that polyoxometalate (POM) molecules can act as storage nodes for MOS flash memory. They used tungsten to synthesize POM metal-oxide clusters and added selenium to their inner cores, in a process known as doping, to create a new type of memory they call “write-once-erase.”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2851032/molecular-flash-memory-could-store-massive-data.html
[Additional Coverage]: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/11/researchers-craft-molecule-that-works-as-flash-storage/
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 21 2014, @02:57PM
The arsetechnicum coverage is better
Let me guess... 20 years from now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Friday November 21 2014, @04:52PM
I don't know. That isn't in the table [xkcd.com].
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @08:42PM
It's in the alt text.
A technology that is '20 years away' will be 20 years away indefinitely
(Score: 2) by marcello_dl on Friday November 21 2014, @03:11PM
in the future, your misplaced micro sims will make you lose much more data. Oh wait.
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Friday November 21 2014, @04:54PM
I'm considering filing everything by size. It has the upside that it can be performed while tired or drunk and at least I'll know where to look when I require something.
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(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Friday November 21 2014, @07:42PM
Why polyoxometalates [wikipedia.org] rather than macrocycles [wikipedia.org]? Macrocycles use less atoms and are [wikipedia.org] used [wikipedia.org] throughout [wikipedia.org] nature [wikipedia.org].
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