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Fast Memory

The slowest data retrieval in the PC among the 3 main components, (Hard Disk, Ram and CPU) is from the Hard Disk. It makes it the biggest bottleneck towards developing faster PC's. Once flash chips are developed that can replace the hard drive current PC speeds will increase many times over.[1] "Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Monday (Sept. 29) it has developed a 4-Gbit NAND-style flash memory and 512-Mbit DRAM using advanced manufacturing process technologies.” [1]. In a networked environment it will be even more interesting. "In about 1 to 2 years 1000 MBit (119.2 Megabytes per sec transfer rate) network cards will become very cheap and will be...

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