Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

19 November 2015

A Radical Proposal: Replace Hard Disks With DRAM Dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, is 100 times as expensive as today’s magnetic disks. And it is volatile, which means that the data it holds will disappear if the computer loses power. So how could it possibly be in the running as the primary storage medium in data centers? Because of the top item on its résumé: blazing speed. That virtue has become more coveted as the speed of magnetic disks lags ever farther behind their capacity. ADVERTISEMENT LabVIEW 2015 is Here Build systems faster to acquire, analyze, and visualize the signals around you. Invest in a software platform that grows with your projects. Learn how LabVIEW 2015, the foundation of the NI platform, is the solution to build your system faster. View the video to learn more. Femtosecond Lasers Drive a New Generation of Network Vector Analyzers Higher-resolution, lower-cost circuit and component analysis from ultrashort laser pulses Is Black Phosphorus the New Graphene? Atoms-thin flakes of phosphorus have a crucial property that graphene lacks American Exceptionalism You can find it everywhere but in the country-comparison statistics Monuments to Failure The cadavers of dead IT projects are buried under mounds of cash Andrei Haeff and the Amazing Microwave Amplifier How history forgot this pioneer of the traveling-wave tube Tomorrow’s Space Suit: Personal “Gravity Pack” Comes Standard Compact gyroscopes could help astronauts live and work in space