IBM develops 'instantaneous' memory, 100x faster than flash
Whenever I see announcements like this, I try and cap my enthusiasm -- I think reading about solid-state-drives in the 90s and not getting them until... well the last 2 years, I have learned to be cautious with falling in love.<p>THAT being said, this article suggests mass-production on a timeline of 5-years (give or take) along side other innovations like Intel's 50Gbps Thunderbolt.next() [1]<p>I'm really gunning for the world not ending Dec 2012 now; I want to see this stuff in a desktop PC ;)<p>Aside: It is fun to think about what changes to current industries would occur when computing power becomes insignificant -- for example, video editing/production, video games, voice recognition, security, etc.<p>Just in our industry, with the cost of a GB dropping to damn near $0.00, the first thing we saw was an explosion of apps dealing with huge data sets -- something previously only done by a few select mega-corps.<p>Anyone, just speculation and fun at this point.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/29/intel-touts-50gbps-interconnect-by-2015-will-make-it-work-with/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/29/intel-touts-50gbps-interc...</a>