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Re:Computer memory that can store about 1TB on device the si... by ghshephard on Saturday July 19, 2014 @08:27PM (#8059207)
The Popular Science article referenced suggests we should start to see products with RRAM coming out in 2015, and we should see existing flash product supplanted by 2017.

Anybody in the Flash Memory Industry know if it's really that close?

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Re:Computer memory that can store about 1TB on device the si... by rasz_pl on Saturday July 19, 2014 @10:26PM (#8059391)
Currently only HP has something that appears to be working, and they are unwilling to be a commodity manufacturer. HP announced The Machine as the only way to get your hands on a computer with memristors (someday, if/when tehy finally ship it).

Basically HP knows they are sitting on something big, and so they want to build whole mainframes based on it, like its 1970 again.

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Re:Computer memory that can store about 1TB on device the si... by jonahx on Sunday July 20, 2014 @01:00PM (#8060834)
Wouldn't the consumer market be a bigger money maker for them? If not, do you know why?
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Re:Computer memory that can store about 1TB on device the si... by rasz_pl on Sunday July 20, 2014 @04:18PM (#8061380)
-razor thin margins outside of server room

-pride

-if they deliver, they could take over whole industry, at least for a few years, ala IBM 5150

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Re:Computer memory that can store about 1TB on device the si... by bipin-nag on Sunday July 20, 2014 @06:10PM (#8061716)
RRAM's are memristors. If you check both their wiki pages, you will see Crossbar's RRAM lined in 2015 and HP's own giving in 2018 for commercial availability.

Memristor is a theoretical term. And RRAM is (arguably) an implementation of memristor. So RRAM seems to be a type of memristor.

Anyways it will be interesting to see the competition. Crossbar will be releasing product much earlier. Lets see if they can seize the day (and the industry). Otherwise HP will deliver. Hopefully the competition will benefit the consumers.

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