A new chip technology could encroach on flash memory and hard-disk drive market share, as a group of companies led by IBM explore phase-change memory. Big Blue, Macronix and Qimonda on Monday announced joint research results that give a major boost to this new type of computer memory, which they are touting as the successor to flash memory chips. Flash memory is widely used in computers and consumer electronics such as digital cameras and portable music players.
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IBM Boosts Development of Flash Memory Successor
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire December 11, 2006 10:00 AMA new chip technology could encroach on flash memory and hard-disk drive market share, as a group of companies led by IBM explore phase-change memory. Big Blue, Macronix and Qimonda on Monday announced joint research results that give a major boost to this new type of computer memory, which they are touting as the successor to flash memory chips. Flash memory is widely used in computers and consumer electronics such as digital cameras and portable music players.