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Chips with salt. (molecular computer memories) (Science and Technology)

TWO things are certain about the Dead Sea: it is salty, and it is not quite dead. Patches of it are swathed with purple clouds of a bacterium, Halobacterium halobium, which has thrived in the salty conditions for eons. Now these ancient bugs are set to provide the most modern of commodities:

Publication: The Economist (US)

Computer memories : A cure for amnesia.(those in the semiconductor industry hope to replace dynamic random-access memories with chips that do not demand as much energy)(Brief Article)

TOKYO The DRAM's days are numbered. What will take over? LIFE would be a lot easier if the portable gizmos that now rule everyday existence--pocket organisers, laptop computers, beepers, mobile telephones and the rest--did not need batteries at all, or at least used ones that lasted much longer

Publication: The Economist (US)

Magnetic bit boost: quantum rewiring for computer memories.(This Week)

A quantum-mechanical memory component that might replace the electronic memories used for decades in computers and other gadgets has come closer to practicality, thanks to improvements achieved by research teams in the United States and Japan. Current electronic devices rely mainly on two types of

Publication: Science News

Computer Memories Fund - New York Times

LEAD: Computer Memories Inc., a nearly defunct computer company that plans to merge with the producer of the film ''Platoon has agreed to put $15.5 million in a settlement fund to settle a lawsuit, the company said today. Computer Memories Inc., a nearly defunct computer company that plans to merge

Publication: The New York Times

COLUMN: Computer memories are just fleeting dreams

Josh Grenzsund University Wire 10-10-2007 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- The death of a computer pulls its whole lifetime down with it. I am still haunted by the loss of almost four years of keystrokes and favorites, music and photos -- vaporized, corrupted, devoured by some

Publication: University Wire

COMPANY NEWS; Computer Memories Deal - New York Times

LEAD: Computer Memories Inc. said today that it planned to merge with DIC Animation City Inc., the producer of such television cartoon shows as ''Alf'' and ''Real Ghostbusters in a $75 million stock deal. Computer Memories Inc. said today that it planned to merge with DIC Animation City Inc., the

Publication: The New York Times

Computer memories recall radiation dose.

Several years ago, it was noticed that certain high-density computer-memory chips were generating inexplicable errors. Research eventually showed the cause to be alpha particles, ionizing radiation emitted by trace levels of uranium and thorium in the chips' packaging material. Now a Navy physicist

Publication: Science News

Multiplying computer memories into 3-D.

Multiplying computer memories into 3-D A flat, optical memory chip the size of a postage stamp could theoretically store 350 million bits of information, or more than seven years' worth of SCIENCE NEWS. Two chemists now propose a strategy for making a three-dimensional, sugar-cube-sized memory box

Publication: Science News

Data harvest; Protein-based computer memories.(research into use of bacteriorhodopsin to create computer chips)(Brief Article)

Bacteria with good memories Bacterial protein can be used in computers MANY people think that information technology and biotechnology will rule the 21st century. Robert Birge, a chemist at the University of Connecticut, is trying to combine them, by making computer memories out of protein. The

Publication: The Economist (US)

COMPUTER MEMORIES IN MERGER

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-03-1992 COMPUTER MEMORIES IN MERGERDate: 06-03-1992, WednesdaySection: BUSINESS Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star EarlyColumn: BRIEFLYBEDMINSTER -- Computer Memories Inc. and NorthCorp Realty Advisors Inc., a Resolution Trust

Publication: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)