A tiny laser beam could make computer memory 1,000 times faster
The technique could potentially operate more than 1,000 times faster than conventional magnetic switching methods.
The technique could potentially operate more than 1,000 times faster than conventional magnetic switching methods.
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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