A tiny laser beam could make computer memory 1,000 times faster
Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a surprising new way to store digital information using light instead of magnets, potentially paving the way for…
According to ScienceDaily, scientists at UC San Diego have developed a surprising new way to store digital information using light instead of magnets, potentially paving the way for smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient memory devices.
By precisely shaping and shrinking an ultrafast laser beam, researchers demonstrated that they could switch magnetic states in a material, the basic process used to write digital data.
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- The technique could potentially operate more than 1,000 times faster than conventional magnetic switching methods. (ScienceDaily)
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