Comments on: Mechanical Memory Switch Development http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: rebelpoettl http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-361480 rebelpoettl Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:34:34 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-361480 Because of the method of technology used to create these nanodots I think that it will be more than 3 or 4 years before we see nanodot hard drives. At least at a price the average consumer can afford. Because of the method of technology used to create these nanodots I think that it will be more than 3 or 4 years before we see nanodot hard drives. At least at a price the average consumer can afford.

]]> By: Metzen http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-4607 Metzen Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:37:16 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-4607 <p><strong>Drive Densities</strong></p> <p>I'm quite certain that the densities and performance we'll see in the next 3 or 4 years will be staggering to us by todays standards.<br /> <br /> I remember about 4 or years ago putting a 4 GB hard drive in a system and thinking "Wow, you could never fill that up!". And now my desktop computer has nearly 400 GB in it!<br /></p> Drive Densities

I'm quite certain that the densities and performance we'll see in the next 3 or 4 years will be staggering to us by todays standards.

I remember about 4 or years ago putting a 4 GB hard drive in a system and thinking "Wow, you could never fill that up!". And now my desktop computer has nearly 400 GB in it!

]]> By: tylorsama http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-4606 tylorsama Mon, 18 Oct 2004 02:04:38 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1624#comment-4606 <p><strong>kHz read rate</strong></p> <p>I think the hard drive read rate of kilohertz applys to the frequency with which each individual bit can be interogated. Hard drives spin at kHz rates, and each bit can only be read when it passes under the read heads. Thus, kHz interogation rates. The nanomechanical switch does away with the moving parts the current magnetic hard drives are dependent on, and the frequency of interogation can be much higher. It seems a bit like a throw-away comment really. I'm not sure how it compares to the read rates for RAM or ROM, which have much lower information density. If the speed is comparable or better, nanomechanical memory might take the place of both RAM and hard drives. I'll save technical comment until the paper is published tomorrow in applied physics letters, but with the quoted "Angrstom scale" displacements, I'm a bit skeptical that these would hold their state without at least a very tiny trickle of power.</p> kHz read rate

I think the hard drive read rate of kilohertz applys to the frequency with which each individual bit can be interogated. Hard drives spin at kHz rates, and each bit can only be read when it passes under the read heads. Thus, kHz interogation rates. The nanomechanical switch does away with the moving parts the current magnetic hard drives are dependent on, and the frequency of interogation can be much higher. It seems a bit like a throw-away comment really. I'm not sure how it compares to the read rates for RAM or ROM, which have much lower information density. If the speed is comparable or better, nanomechanical memory might take the place of both RAM and hard drives. I'll save technical comment until the paper is published tomorrow in applied physics letters, but with the quoted "Angrstom scale" displacements, I'm a bit skeptical that these would hold their state without at least a very tiny trickle of power.

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