Faster, lower power – what's not to like?
The price, once (if?) it debuts, is surely a candidate, as usual.
Nanotechnology boffins are exploring a new type of nonvolatile memory that not only has the potential of being faster than today's flash RAM, but also requires 99 per cent less energy. Called ferroelectric transistor random access memory – FeTRAM, for short – the scheme is based on a new type of transistor that combines …
«'However, our present device consumes more power because it is still not properly scaled', Das said. 'For future generations of FeTRAM technologies one of the main objectives will be to reduce the power dissipation. ...'»
Looks as if, just as in the case of faster-than-light neutrinos, there's still a way to go before the good stuff drops down....
Henri