Sensory memories are stored for a few seconds at most. They come from the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, and taste. They are stored only for as long as the sense is being stimulated. They ...

Flash memory is ubiquitous, especially in mobile devices. Available in a wide range of form factors, it continues to push hard-disk drives from more and more platforms as its costs go down and ...

The idea of combining memory and storage into one component has been around for a long time, but up until now, it was nowhere near becoming a reality. However, that might be about to change.

SCM is a new hybrid storage/memory tier that is slightly slower than DRAM but is persistent like traditional storage This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

After years of being offered as separate technologies, storage and memory are beginning to merge. It’s already happening, for example, with 3D Xpoint, a technology from Intel and Micron that can serve ...

Memory doesn’t live only in the brain. Scientists are uncovering signs that cells throughout the body can remember, too. These findings are starting to challenge old ideas about how and where memory ...

Remembering the past is an integral part of human existence. Without a good memory, you would not be able to drive to work, hold a meaningful conversation with your children, read a book, or prepare a ...

As processor speeds increase, the need to reduce latency between the CPU and data becomes more pressing. The answer to that need has seen the rise of local flash storage and PCIe flash solutions. But ...