Re: Static vs. static column vs. dynamic vs. ???

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From: Andrew Phillips
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 03:19

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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

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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
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