Comments on: So Long Flash, and Thanks for the Memory http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Freescale to Spin Out MRAM Business - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192922 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192922 [...] creation of EverSpin follows similar memory spinouts, such as Numonyx, set up by Intel and STMicrosystems to research PRAM, and the less research-oriented Infineon from Qimonda. AMD and Fujitsu spun out their Flash memory [...]

]]> By: Shoop http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192921 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:34:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192921 600 C? Holy cow! That’s verging on the melting point of Aluminum. Though I do admit when I read heat is this memory’s mechanism, I thought “What does that mean to something I leave in my car on a sunny day?” Will my portable little drive get erased if it cooks for an afternoon?

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192920 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:18:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192920 Scionguy, The heat required is intense, around 600 degrees Celsius, so you should be okay. Kris, this is theoretical and perhaps I should have resisted the compelling headline opportunities and pointed out that this was first theorized in 1970. Mea culpa.

]]> By: scionguy http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192919 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:38:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192919 I’m sure there’s a perfectly good explanation for this, but if it “relies on changes in temperature to store data” then how do outside elements affect it? If I’m copying a large file and carry my laptop from my 95-degree deck to my 68-degree house.. what does that do to the transfer that’s in progress?

]]> By: Dave's Football Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192918 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:33:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192918 Does this mean Intel has to push the PRAM a lot?

]]> By: Kris Tuttle http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192917 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:59:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192917 Strange to see this trumpeted so much. The technology has been around for a long time. Some guy started a company called Ovonyx (sp?) and I believe that a public company, ENER, owns a major share of it. The technology has indeed been licensed by firms like Intel and Samsung although the terms appear to be unknown.

This is one fairly obscure paper in a sea of advance for NAND and other memory technology papers.

To put a headline like this “So long FLASH… ” is pretty irresponsible.

It’s one of the emerging technologies that we watch and it could become more mainstream but certainly not from this paper.

]]> By: n3wblog » Blog Archive » Cruzer http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192916 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:52:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192916 [...] taking off this year and dropping to near-affordable prices. While flash-based memory is likely as small as it’s going to get, it’ll be available in larger capacities at cheaper prices. [...]

]]> By: Dara http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192915 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:34:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192915 Eh…”However, although the breakthrough from Intel and STMicro puts PRAM at the same cost as NOR flash, it only stores half the data.”

That negates my excitement for now.

]]> By: Starbutts http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192914 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:20:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192914 When did the writers from engadget get hired on GigaOm?

]]> By: Mr Obvious http://gigaom.com/2008/02/05/so-long-flash-and-thanks-for-the-memory/#comment-192913 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:21:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11408#comment-192913 Big yawn, when are we going to have some innovation in batteries? That’s what’s holding back most devices.

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