For the vast majority of us, computer memory is a somewhat abstract idea. Whether you’re declaring a variable in Python or setting a register in Verilog, the data goes — somewhere — and the rest ...

Magnetic Core memory was the RAM at the heart of many computer systems through the 1970s, and is undergoing something of a resurgence today since it is easiest form of memory for an enterprising ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. When researchers at the Massachusetts ...

On this day in tech history, An Wang filed a patent which would become the basis of magnetic core memory. After receiving his PhD in applied physics, Wang began working at the Harvard Computation ...

As you may recall, my current “project du jour” is the Heath Robinson Rube Goldberg (HRRG) Mixed Technology Computer. The idea is to build a simple computer as a collection of glass-fronted wooden ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The BRLESC (Ballistics Research ...

A surprising, theory-defying effect observed in magnetic devices could lead to efficient, low-power forms of computer memory, according to a new study (Phys. Rev. Lett. 2018, DOI: ...

Some day soon, we may have trouble explaining to our kids the concept of a computer booting up. Just as vacuum-tube radios and their obligatory warm-up time now seem quaint, so too will computers with ...

A novel ‘soft’ magnetic material could enable faster computer memory, suggest investigators. Magnetic materials are a vital ingredient in the components that store information in computers and mobile ...