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smarterplanet: Nanowire ‘racetrack’ memory could be 100,000 times faster | KurzweilAI Racetrack memory promises to be a breakthrough in data storage and retrieval. Racetrack-equipped computers would boot up instantly, and their information could be accessed 100,000 times more rapidly than with a traditional hard disk. They would also save energy. RAM needs to be powered every millionth of a second, so an idle computer consumes about .3 Watts just maintaining data in RAM. Because Racetrack memory doesn’t have this constraint, energy consumption could be slashed by a factor of 300, to a mere 1 mW Via Emergent Futures Tumblelog Zoom

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Nanowire ‘racetrack’ memory could be 100,000 times faster | KurzweilAI

Racetrack memory promises to be a breakthrough in data storage and retrieval. Racetrack-equipped computers would boot up instantly, and their information could be accessed 100,000 times more rapidly than with a traditional hard disk. They would also save energy. RAM needs to be powered every millionth of a second, so an idle computer consumes about .3 Watts just maintaining data in RAM. Because Racetrack memory doesn’t have this constraint, energy consumption could be slashed by a factor of 300, to a mere 1 mW


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