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Skriven 2005-09-13 20:36:28 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 7139 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: New microchip design could be the key to expanding mobile phone mem
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From: Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>

That is amazing.

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:32:06 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
message <him9i1lk6jbjt32v3pk346i4esll9vqmvf@4ax.com>:

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>http://www.imperial.ac.uk/P6807.htm
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>Mobile phones could one day have the memory capacity of a desktop
>computer thanks to a microchip that mimics the functioning of the brain,
>scientists report today (9 September) in the journal Science.
>
>Researchers from Imperial College London, Durham University and the
>University of Sheffield say their new computer chip design will enable
>large amounts of data to be stored in small volumes by using a complex
>interconnected network of nanowires, with computing functions and
>decisions performed at the nodes where they meet a similar approach to
>neurons and axons in the brain.
>
>Currently the memory chips of mobile phones have a very limited
>capacity, making it impossible to store the videos that the new
>generation of phones can record. Electronics firms have been looking at
>miniature hard drive disks as a possible solution but so far the high
>expense of this option has rendered it unattractive.
>
>This latest research, however, has the potential to develop a chip that
>combines the storage capability of a hard drive with the low cost of
>memory cards, potentially increasing memory capacity by 200 times from
>an average of 500MB to around 100GB.
>
>Lead researcher Russell Cowburn , Professor of Nanotechnology in
>Imperial's Department of Physics, explains: "The new video mobile phones
>are very popular, but they desperately need more memory so that people
>can take longer videos and store them. This technology has the potential
>to transform mobiles into fully functioning video cameras, in addition
>to a range of other applications."
>
>The technology is based on the discovery by Professor Cowburn and
>colleagues that by using nanotechnology it is possible to reproduce the
>key functions of semiconductor electronics in microchips using only the
>'spin' of electrons, which is responsible for magnetism, rather than the
>more conventional 'charge' that traditional microchips use.
>
>This has allowed them to construct a completely new architecture for
>electronics in three dimensions rather than the two dimensional flat
>structure of conventional microchips, an approach Professor Cowburn
>compares to using cupboards instead of table tops for storing goods. He
>says:
>
>"Traditionally we have used electronics for microchips and magnetism for
>hard disk drives. This discovery allows us to combine these two
>approaches to make a new generation of 3D microchips that can store so
>much more information than a flat two dimensional surface."
>
>The team is now working with commercial partners to develop the
>technology and is currently building a more advanced demonstrator chip
>using full microchip manufacturing facilities....
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> /m

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