4 Amazing Memory Technologies To Watch Out For

Four new memory module technologies are coming up, and all of which could be released in the market within 3 years. These memory promise nothing but capcity, speed, and efficiency. The latest that we know so far in memory technology is the DDR3, which will soon be replaced by DDR4 that will support greater capacities. However, this DDR4 is just one of the 4 top amazing memory module technologies that will be introduced very soon. First among the list are the Memristors. It was conceptualized way back in 1971 by professor Leon Chua. It’s supposed to be the 4th element of the integrated circuits, whichc comes after resistor, capacitor, and inductor. Memristors could also be used to create alternatives for Flash storage or processors. Next, is the Racetrack Memory. A technology being developed by IBM since 2008. A prototype has been created already and it can send electrical impulses via nanoscale wires to write off digital bits. It’s actually just like memristors, and has the capacity to work as storage and RAM simultaneously. The speed we’re talking about here is about 3 million nanoseconds to read or write a bit which is dramatically super fast compared to the previous or exisiting technologies being used in our harddrives today. Third in the list of our top memory technologies to hit the market this decade is the Hybrid Memory Cube or the HMC. It is a new architecture for standard DRAM which is being made to replace DDR4. It is 15 times faster than the existing DDR3 architecture, and uses 70% less power. The HMC consortium, founded to “facilitate HMC Integration into a wide variety of systems, platforms and applications”, considers this technology to be something revolutionary. The Hybrid Memory Cube consortium was founded by Samsung & Micron, along with IBM, OpenSilicon, Altera, and Xilinx. Last but not the least is the DDR4. It is obviously the successor to the DDR3, and it looks like that it will be an impressive advancement. The DDR3 can only process up to 2333 Mhz while the DDR4 can go up to estimated 4266 Mhz. Capacity wise, DDR3 can only get up to 32GB on a single module while DDR4 could probably go up to 64GB or even higher!For me, the most impressive advancement here is not about the increase in RAM capacity, but the continued increase in the memory’s performance, along with its power efficiency.