Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com> wrote:
> Check out : http://www.ramtron.com/products/serial.htm
> These guys make core memory in silicon...
No, it isn't. It's called "ferroelectric RAM", but it is not
ferromagnetic, and doesn't use anything physically resembling cores.
The name "ferroelectric effect" is in point of fact a misnomer.
The interesting thing about FE RAM is that it not only has a limited write
endurance, but also a limited read endurance. After you read a bit too many
times, that bit is worn out. Last I heard they were spec'ing the read
endurance in the billions, which makes it OK as a replacement for disk or
flash memory, but not as a replacement for normal RAM.
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 02:04:18 BST