Friday, March 9th 2007
Intel Heading for Phase Change
Recent roadmaps from Intel have suggested that the company intends to mass produce phase change memory by the end of 2007, allowing consumers to sample this new form of storge. Phase change memory, or PCM, is expected to succeed flash memory as the major non-volatile memory, being both faster and smaller. PCM is also more reliable - flash memory can degrade after as few as 10,000 writes, whilst PCM can last for over 100 million write cycles. Intel licensed the technology from Ovonyx in 2000, with IBM, Macronix and Qimonda announcing strong developments in the technology towards the end of last year. Intel hasn't set any firm dates yet, but phase change memory could be just around the corner.
Source:
DailyTech
6 Comments on Intel Heading for Phase Change
EDIT: ah, like the Samsung thread 2 below this :o
The samsung one just posted earlier is a great example... flash ram would only last 2-3 years at most there, depending on the drives use. "flash memory can degrade after as few as 10,000 writes" and all that.