According to "Moore's Law" states that semiconductors in micro chips get two times faster while becoming two times smaller every two years.
I wonder how this new memory device fits into that theory.
It looks like it's going to be one hundred times faster than current memory and will use much less power. Also the switching seems so fast that it would be illegal to export as one could perhaps more easily make nuclear bomb triggers. Getting made in silicon is going to be a major drop in the cost of memory. All those FAB plants will have to be retooled as they could go like sony Betacam or 8 track tapes!
Imagine how this might also effect chips that react to thoughts in the brain to control robots for paralyzed patients! The reactions would become so fast!
Asher
To date, michael, these devices are implanted over the motor cortex. Patients are trained to move the robot arm. I'd imagine that there are preprogramed behaviors in the arm that get triggered and controlled, as opposed to control of each movement at the shoulder, wrist and fingers. The spinal cord already had pre-programmed circuits for walking, so that making them for the robotic arm seems a natural research approach."Imagine how this might also effect chips that react to thoughts in the brain to control robots for paralyzed patients! The reactions would become so fast!"
I can see people smacking themselves in the forehead while trying to drink their coffee as their robotic arms react more quickly then they can control or adjust for.
"Imagine how this might also effect chips that react to thoughts in the brain to control robots for paralyzed patients! The reactions would become so fast!"
I can see people smacking themselves in the forehead while trying to drink their coffee as their robotic arms react more quickly then they can control or adjust for.
That's true, but that's only in comparison to current flash memory, such as that found in SD/Compact Flash cards and SSDs.It looks like it's going to be one hundred times faster than current memory and will use much less power...