An interesting article on wired reveals a new microchip technology and working prototype created by a group of electical engineers at the University of Notre Dame.
Also known as "magnetic quantum cellular automata", these chips are comprised of arrays of separate nano-scale magnetic "islands", each of which maintains its own magnetic field. These magnetic "islands" are created via a process called magnetic patterning, and are only 110 nanometers wide. The chips do not contain transistors or wires, and because of this there is the promise of much lower power consumption / heat and much higher speeds than currently availble.
The magnetic technology is radiation-hard, which means that it will be able to tolerate the environment in space, something regular DRAM cannot do.
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With all the nano technology coming out these days, you knew this one was coming.
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