 Nanowire base 3 bit storage |
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| Nanowire base 3 bit storage |
 Jul 3 2008, 03:24 PM
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this is effin nuts: http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowir...orage-capacity/
For those that don't know what this means. Currently pretty much any digital device uses two values for each bit, 0 or 1. this one will allow for three, 0, 1, or 2. Think of it like this: currently, if you have 16 bits to store a number in, you can get numbers up to: 2^16 = 65,536 with this new system: 3^16 = 43,046,721 |
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Jul 4 2008, 02:24 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
That would be cool.
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Jul 4 2008, 02:50 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
sounds alot like dividing by zero
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Jul 4 2008, 05:01 PM
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Could also possibly be used for reversible computing systems.
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Jul 4 2008, 05:39 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
sounds like a redux of the old motorolla tristate.
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Jul 5 2008, 02:49 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
isn't this similar to quantum state computing?
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Jul 5 2008, 04:10 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
eh, sorta but not really. this is a much simpler concept than quantum computing. in this thing, you simply have a bit with 3 states. it's just like taking a digital device and making it use base 3 numbers instead of base 2 (binary). in quantum computing you have 0s and 1s, and all kinds of weird probabilities based crap.
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Jul 6 2008, 02:58 AM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
all it is is extra memory in the device. My only question is does it cost more to detect the states than it is worth?
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Jul 6 2008, 11:39 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
if this was intended for something like PC memory, they'd have to implement some kind of conversion i'd imagine
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Jul 7 2008, 12:06 AM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 6 2008, 12:39 PM) if this was intended for something like PC memory, they'd have to implement some kind of conversion i'd imagine probably just address the space like two bit memory and access it with the three bits, loosing the excess depending on how the addressing method they used. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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