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Blood-Cell-Sized Memory Circuit Created

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LOS ANGELES & PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2007 -- Researchers have created an ultradense memory device the size of a white blood cell that has enough capacity to store the Declaration of Independence and still have space left over. The accomplishment represents an important step toward the creation of molecular computers that are much smaller and could be more powerful than today's silicon-based computers.The bluish-grey area in the center of the photo contains the 160,000-bit memory array developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles. The greenish circles nearby are white...Read full article

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    Published: January 2007
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