The next time you worry about your family photos, or some geeky drunk college-fest you took part in, you should really consider where you’re saving your memories, because in a few years you’ll have data storage meant to last. Really – millions of years from now.
Besides lasting that long, the new data storage method invented by scientists can also hold huge amounts of information, because of the nano-scale elements that constitute the material’s basic structure. The group of researchers describes the new storage technique as of placing a single iron crystal only a few billionths of a meter wide inside a hollow carbon nanotube. Just like diamonds, nanotubes are among the most stable structures in existence. Once inserted inside the carbon nanotubes, the iron nanocrystals act as data bits, physically sliding from one end of the tube to the other in response to an electric current and in the process registering either a “1″ or a “0″ in the binary language of computers. “Nothing could be easier, electronically speaking,” says physicist and co-author Alex Zettl of the University of California, Berkeley.
As time goes by, nanotechnology finds its place in our lives more and more, but there’s also a limit to that – it remains to be seen which. You can see a demo of how bits are “moving” in the video below:
Kingston Technology has launched the high-speed 2 GHz memories, in a triple-channel configuration, specially conceived for the new Intel X58-based motherboards. The new Kingston HyperX DDR3, 2GHz memories are available as kits of 3 modules, 1 GB each.
The modules are compatible with the Intel XMP technology (Extreme Memory Profile) and gather the Core i7 – 1.65 volts specifications.
“Kingston is the first memory manufacturer that launches DDR3 triple-channel modules, very fast, 2000 MHz, conceived for Intel’s low-voltage platform. All the triple-channel kits can be overclocked either manually, or by selecting the preset XMP profiles. The 2GHz modules have been tested up to 2.000 MHz on the ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboards, while Intel DX58SO motherboards reached speeds of up to 1600MHz”, said a Kingston representative.Excepting the high-end 2.000 MHz modules, the Kingston triple-channel memory portfolio also includes the 1.866 and 1.800 MHz speeds, as well as 1.600 and 1.375 MHz with small delays. The ValueRAM kits, each consisting of 1GB or 2GB are available at speeds of 1333MHz and 1066MHz.
Samsung has just made another intention to purchase SanDisk, a large flash memory manufacturer. They are already paying SanDisk $500 million of royalties because of using their various patents and inventions in the field of memory storage.
This purchase could rise the price of gadgets, which almost all contain Samsung flash memories.
The next time you worry about your family photos, or some geeky drunk college-fest you took part in, you should really consider where you’re saving your memories, because in a few years you’ll have data storage meant to last. Really – millions of years from now.
