Rare raw materials could herald ‘new dawn’ of computer memory

Justin Briere of leading memory and storage solutions retailer, Data Memory Systems says “Being in the business of retailing state of the art data memory solutions, it is obviously incredibly exciting when new developments such as this come to light. While current memory capacity is extremely high, there is always room for improvement and we look forward to seeing where the Victoria University of Wellington researchers can take their new findings.”

The research team at the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences believe that REN could revolutionise the face of RAM memory, which is not currently capable of retaining information once the host computer is switched off. In working with a magnetic type of RAM that doesn’t disappear, the team are hoping they could not only retain data without power, but also speed up the device and make it use less energy. It could be used, for example, to transform cloud data storage which spans multiple servers.

The new findings represent huge potential for the data memory manufacturing industry should the phenomenal properties of REN be integrated into RAM computer data storage systems. With two exciting new concepts already patented, the Victoria University of Wellington team plan to develop the world’s first magnetic memory storage devices utilising the power of REN technology.