http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
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In 3 words - not gonna happen xD]]>Jul 3rd 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
@shinigami, maybe it doesnt need a new everything (os, language, processor) since its a storage device, maybe all it need is an adaptor that do the converting from trinary to binary and vice versa, like how we convert binary to decimal and vice versa, like an IDE to SATA converter, maybe it can be called IDE to nonawires, or SATA to nanowires.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun]]>Jul 3rd 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/]]>Jul 3rd 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
Anyway, so I guess the three bit values would be - soft, hard and hidden? :D]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/But you are in a lot of (I won't say good) company!]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
Not going to fly. Everything is binary in a computer. switching everything to trinary is too much work.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
"...Quantum computers aren't limited to two states; they encode information as quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in superposition.
A 30-qubit quantum computer would equal the processing power of a conventional computer that could run at 10 teraflops"

Holy sh*t!]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
To begin with, computers were analog, meaning they technically had infinite states (except the machines themselves weren't accurate enough to measure voltage that precisely). ]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Fry: There, there, it's ok, there's no such thing as two..]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
Anyway, wouldn't the benefit come from being able to remember 4 numbers; 0, 1, 2 and 3? i.e. instead of being able to save one bit, (0 or 1) you can save two in the same area (00, 01, 10, 11)? I don't see how going to a trinary system is possible, or economically feasible.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
Ever heard of "staying on topic"?]]>Jul 3rd 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
0 = 00
1 = 01
2 = 10
10 = 11
11 = 100
12 = 101
100 = 110

I'm sure there are more efficient ways though]]>Jul 3rd 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
wrabbit. that is not possible because each "bit" only can be in one state at a time. either "1,2,3" so you can't spit up the state the bit is going to be in. hope that makes sense.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/
Oh and sometimes you gotta refresh the page b4 your reply shows up - I think Engadget is using a 1998 comment system (probably MS-DOS based and 16-bit at that) :D]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/Jul 3rd 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/nanowire-based-memory-promises-leap-in-storage-capacity/To use it as RAM it will be too slow until it's native.
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