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Magnetic RAM: The Universal Memory
Overview
Introduction
Historical perspective
Technical Description
Challenges
Principals
Market impacts
Summary
Introduction
Non-volatile
Information is saved even when there is no power
Immediate boot up
No need to wait for your computer to boot up
MRAM, SRAM and DRAM
MRAM is potentially capable of replacing both DRAM, SRAM and many advantages over technology currently used in electronic devices
Introduction
DRAM
Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: Comparatively slow and loses data when power is off
SRAM
Advantages: fast
Disadvantages: cost up to 4 times as much as DRAM loses data when power is off
Flash memory
Advantages: save data when power is off
Disadvantages: saving data is slow and use lot of power