IBM, Intel To Tip On Energy-saving Chips
News This adds a layer of chalcogenide, the alloy used in rewriteable CDs and DVDs, to silicon circuits, but instead of using a focussed laser beam to read and write data, the technology electrically changes the molecular structure of the alloy to...
[February 4, 2002, 17:04]
Samsung First To Next Generation Memory Chip
News Also known as ovionic memory, PRAM works by electrically heating tiny amounts of chalcogenide, a material currently used in rewritable DVDs. Samsung Electronics has announced it is producing 64Mb chip samples of a new memory technology, PRAM (phase...
[August 23, 2004, 16:35]
Intel, ST Get Together For The Memories
News PCM uses energy switched by an ordinary transistor to heat up a tiny amount of chalcogenide alloy, a mixture of antimony, germanium and tellurium also used in CD-RW and DVD-RAM disks. Memory technology combining the best of Flash and RAM is coming...
[June 12, 2006, 17:10]
