You have probably recently heard of terahertz radiation used to scan physical objects, be it the T-Rays at airports or the the researchers at MIT who are reading books through the covers. There is more recent of news on researchers utilizing the spectrum between frequencies of 0.3THz and 3THz, this time pertaining to RAM cycles and the possibility of increasing the speed at which RAM can flip between a 0 and 1. In theory a terahertz electric field could flip bits 1000 times faster than the electromagnetic process currently used in flash memory. This could also be used in the new prototype RAM technology we have seen, such as MRAM, PRAM or STT-RAM. This is still a long way off but a rather interesting read, especially if you can follow the links from The Inquirer to the Nature submission.
"Using the prototypical antiferromagnet thulium orthoferrite (TmFeO3), we demonstrate that resonant terahertz pumping of electronic orbital transitions modifies the magnetic anisotropy for ordered Fe3+ spins and triggers large-amplitude coherent spin oscillations," the researchers helpfully explained."
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Everything is always 1000x
Everything is always 1000x faster in hype, and 2-10x faster in reality.
Ya throw your RAM in a
Ya throw your RAM in a microwave to make it faster
On low or high? I need it to
On low or high? I need it to be really fast.
Popcorn
Popcorn
OMG I threw my ram in and I
OMG I threw my ram in and I have it running at double the speed it could before!!! I am going to try throwing in the rest of my PC now.
I’m building my next system
I’m building my next system inside of my 1250w microwave oven, tuning it’s magnatron to the proper frequencies, and while it cooks the RAM and CPU, it’ll power a 1,000,000 watt Peltier cooler, because it’ll need at least that much cooling power, at 1000 times normal frequencies. $20,000 electric bills are a small price to pay for this level of bragging rights…
In before intel is going to
In before intel is going to release procesors with “intel inside” microwave edition with OC boost technology. Seriously, I need microwave cases, does any firm does that? 😛
“The way it meant to be build”
if i build a pc in my
if i build a pc in my microwave will it be faster?
“magnetic process currently
“magnetic process currently used in flash memory” … Magnetic process??? WRONG