An OpenHardware STT RAM device sounds like an awesome idea to me.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Timothy Normand Miller
<[email protected]>wrote:

> All true.  But exotic RAM devices are a hot topic and something I might be
> able to get funding to work on.  What would be great is if we could turn
> that into something like a fast open source SSD.  Could be a long time,
> though, but STT-RAM devices have been produced.
>
> Areas to innovate:
> - Block erasure, mapping, and access scheduling algorithms
> - Error correcting codes
> - Host interfaces
> - We should look at conference proceedings for other stuff
>
> STT-RAMs don't require wear-leveling.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Jack Carroll <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> For a non-volatile memory, that's fast.  But a framebuffer doesn't need
>> nonvolatile memory.
>>
>> Jack Carroll
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dieter BSD" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:37:09 PM
>> Subject: [Open-graphics] low power, non-volatile memory
>>
>> Slightly off-topic, but we are going to be needing memory.
>>
>> spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM)
>>
>> "improved speed while reducing power consumption by 90%"
>>
>> Less power than SRAM and non-volatile. But...I must be reading the graph
>> wrong, looks like 300ns? Isn't that obscenely slow for 2012? Also
>> isn't clear if they have actually built and tested it or just simulated
>> it.
>>
>>
>> http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/display/20121210213212_Toshiba_s_STT_MRAM_Memory_Element_Promises_World_s_Best_Power_Consumption.html
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