Racetrack Memory Will Make Your Computer Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger Meet the data storage technique of the near future.

Storing binary data Computers store information in their memory. A computer's memory is made up of special switches. To store information in the memory, computers turn these switches on or off.

Computer memory takes a spin: Physicists read data after storing them in atomic nuclei for 112 seconds Date: December 16, 2010 Source: University of Utah Summary: Physicists have stored ...

RAM, or random access memory, stores the data short-term on silicon chips, assigning each piece of data a unique address that can be accessed randomly—in any order—to refer to the data later.

The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit is made of just 12 atoms, squeezing an entire byte into just 96 atoms, a significant shrinkage in the world of information storage. It's not a ...

In this video, Dr Steve Bagley explains how logic gates—the simplest of digital systems—are used to store information in computer memory. When you stop and think about how many of those you ...

New Memory Chips Store Data Not with Electricity, but with Light Researchers demonstrate new photonic memory that keeps working even when the power is off.

Cambridge scientists have developed a new prototype for computer memory that could make for faster chips that could hold up to 100 times more data. The system is made up of barium bridges between ...

The world's first entirely light-based memory chip to store data permanently has been developed by material scientists. The device, which makes use of materials used in CDs and DVDs, could ...