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IBM Research Introduces Phase Change Memory

A fairly new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods of time. IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) scientists claim this improvement advances the development of low-cost, faster and more durable memory applications for consumer devices. IEWY News states that devices that can benefit from PCM include mobile phones and cloud storage, as well as high-performance applications, such as enterprise data storage.

"’As organizations and consumers increasingly embrace cloud-computing models and services, whereby most of the data is stored and processed in the cloud, ever more powerful and efficient, yet affordable storage technologies are needed,’ states Dr. Haris Pozidis, Manager of Memory and Probe Technologies at IBM Research – Zurich. “By demonstrating a multi-bit phase-change memory technology which achieves for the first time reliability levels akin to those required for enterprise applications, we made a big step towards enabling practical memory devices based on multi-bit PCM.’”