Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!pta!teti!teslab!andrew From: andrew@teslab.lab.OZ (Andrew Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Static vs. static column vs. dynamic vs. ??? Summary: FRAM (non-volatile RAM) to replace hard disks Keywords: FRAM Message-ID: <1156@teslab.lab.OZ> Date: 20 Nov 90 03:19:57 GMT References: <15571@brahms.udel.edu> <183539cc.ARN0ccd@Chucla.CAM.ORG> Reply-To: andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au (Andrew Phillips) Organization: Technology Evaluation Section, L.A.B., Sydney Lines: 20 In article <183539cc.ARN0ccd@Chucla.CAM.ORG> stephane@Chucla.CAM.ORG writes: > Not so long ago I remember reading about a new kind of RAM, called >FRAM. It looked like a new technology but then again, I don't know >much about memories... The authors of the paper (Sorry, I can't remember >who they were) basically stated that their FRAMs were similar to a EEPROM, >but with reads and writes at DRAM speed. Yes, FRAM is non-volatile RAM. I believe the technology is not very mature with only very small capacity chips currently shipping (16Kb?). Also FRAM is much more radiation hardened which has caused a lot of military interest. > This memory, if available, would make a great replacement for ROM/EPROM >chips or true recoverable ram disks. There will always be a (small?) need for non-writeable memory and ROM will probably always be cheaper to produce. But FRAM will eventually do away with the need for hard disks. -- Andrew Phillips (andrew@teslab.lab.oz.au) Phone +61 (Aust) 2 (Sydney) 289 8712