RAM, or Random Access Memory, isn't just a cool Daft Punk album ... VRAM is an intermediary between the CPU and graphics card. Before you see an image on the screen, the data is read by the ...
The future of computer memory might not lie in electrical currents, but in the precise manipulation of magnetic fields.
USB drives and optical discs are also storage. Memory is made up of "random access memory" (RAM) chips, which are upgradable by the user in a desktop computer but not in a phone or tablet.
Researchers from Osaka University have developed a technology for voltage-controlled magnetization switching, which has the ...