Computers could be 100,000 times faster with racetrack memory! - Polidicks

How much will this cost though?

[QUOTE=helpiminabox;26187515]Isn't it RAM speeds that's the latest bottleneck for faster computers nowadays? Not that I know, heard it from someone else.[/QUOTE] No, RAM speed has been increasing constantly while HDD are mostly the same speed, Which is why SSD are where it's at for more speed...but they cost way to much.

What's it gonna cost to stick 4 gigs of this stuff in my computer? If it's gonna cost a grand for one half-gig stick of memory, they can fuck right off. For that sort of money I'll stick with slow as shit ddr3. If on the other hand, it'll cost less to buy than ddr3, then they're sitting on a fucking goldmine.

Are they referring to memristors?

This will revolutionize the way computers work.

This is old as, heard about this like 3 years ago.

This + graphine processors = terahert computers.

[quote] Like the tried and true VHS videocassette, the proposed solution involves data recorded on magnetic tape. But the similarity ends there; in this system the tape would be a nickel-iron nanowire, a million times smaller than the classic tape. And unlike a magnetic videotape, in this system nothing moves mechanically. The bits of information stored in the wire are simply pushed around inside the tape using a spin polarized current, attaining [b]the breakneck speed of several hundred meters per second[/b] in the process. [/quote] What is moving at that speed and how does it even affect performance. Not really convincing until they give a clear read/write benchmark.

[QUOTE=Clavus;26189622]What is moving at that speed and how does it even affect performance. Not really convincing until they give a clear read/write benchmark.[/QUOTE] Electricity works similar to newtons cradle.

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26187790]What computer these days takes 3 minutes to boot up? Mine takes 50 seconds and that's without a SSD.[/QUOTE] Haha, I read "SSD" as "BSOD" because I went over the replies really fast so I thought maybe BSOD happens regularly for you so you think it's normal.

Fuck RAM. Give me my holo-deck that Sci Fi said I would have by now. :colbert:

[QUOTE=Clavus;26189622]What is moving at that speed and how does it even affect performance. Not really convincing until they give a clear read/write benchmark.[/QUOTE] the info is

how would faster memory do anything to change bus speeds?

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;26190544]how would faster memory do anything to change bus speeds?[/QUOTE] Nothing. It's just one less bottleneck along the way.

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26187790]What computer these days takes 3 minutes to boot up? Mine takes 50 seconds and that's without a SSD.[/QUOTE] computers used by 60 year olds who've had the same os installation for the past 10 years

[QUOTE=MasterG;26189486][img_thumb]http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/primers/storage_cost.gif[/img_thumb] 30 years ago, 1 megabyte cost $1000 Nowadays it is literally a million times cheaper. Give it 5 years, and it'll likely be not only affordable but commonplace.[/QUOTE] What exactly happened around 1995 that cause that dramatic change in the slope of the graph?

[QUOTE=MasterG;26189456]There's godda be a catch. [B]Absurd power usage, unreliability[/B], absurd price... Although it does sound amazing.[/QUOTE] I want my bad reading...

[QUOTE=lemming77;26189030]What's it gonna cost to stick 4 gigs of this stuff in my computer? If it's gonna cost a grand for one half-gig stick of memory, they can fuck right off. For that sort of money I'll stick with slow as shit ddr3. If on the other hand, it'll cost less to buy than ddr3, then they're sitting on a fucking goldmine.[/QUOTE] If it cost 100 a gig i might still buy it [editline]21st November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Fatman55;26193495]I want my bad reading...[/QUOTE] agreed

[QUOTE=ChristopherB;26193114]What exactly happened around 1995 that cause that dramatic change in the slope of the graph?[/QUOTE] DIMMs edit and it appears to be a sort of log scale too

[QUOTE=helpiminabox;26187515]Isn't it RAM speeds that's the latest bottleneck for faster computers nowadays? Not that I know, heard it from someone else.[/QUOTE] No, Hard drives (mechanical) Are the bottleneck. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&Tpk=SSD[/url] SSD's solve that issue

[QUOTE=meepugh;26187184]Current computers take an average of 2-3 minutes to transfer information from the hard disk to the RAM.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/old_computer.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=imawerewol;26187219]What's with all the awesome technological and scientific stuff going on lately?[/QUOTE] As technology improves, so does the speed at which technology improves. Expect to see it get even faster.

[QUOTE=Killoch0;26188773]Fucking hell. I chose a bad time to take computer science in university. Everything we are learning now will be completely obsolete inside 10 years.[/QUOTE] When I was doing web development last year, my teacher told me that everything we would have learned would be obsolete by the time we finish, or within the next two years after we finish, I forget. But I dropped out of the course due to depression and other crap. But I certainly hope this racetrack thing won't cost a fortune when it's released.

I guess this will mean faster Frames Per Second, amongst other things?

quantum computers will come before then

Someone fucking call those scientist and ask when will be getting these so we'd have an offical source of when they will be released, because waiting like this without knowing [I]anything[/I] is frustrating as hell.

Needs more super-conducting processors.

over heating and bottlenecks here i come.

Combine this with that new replacement for the outdated BIOS architecture which I forget the name of and coat it with that awesome spray-on glass that's made by Nanopool. [IMG]http://cdn.gajitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spray-on-glass-2.jpg[/IMG] Just because. And build the case out of aggregated diamond nanorods (58% harder than diamond). And slap in an Nvidia GTX 980 for the hell of it.

[QUOTE=imawerewol;26187219]What's with all the awesome technological and scientific stuff going on lately?[/QUOTE] Happens everyday, but not every new invention reaches the masses. I give this technology 5 to 10 years before it reaches a state where it can be used. [editline]21st November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=ChristopherB;26193114]What exactly happened around 1995 that cause that dramatic change in the slope of the graph?[/QUOTE] For HDD it's because of the GMR-Effect, which has been introduced for harddisks in 1997. [editline]21st November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Mrs Affinity;26196738]quantum computers will come before then[/QUOTE] I don't expect a fully working quantum computer in the next 10 to 20 years.