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ncr100 on July 29, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: 3D Xpoint memory: Faster-than-flash storage unveil...

The video presentation mentioned "resistive". I'm not a memory nerd. Does that fact from their disclosure help at all narrow what this type of memory can be best categorized as?

https://intel-micron-webcast.intel.com/webcast

russdill on July 29, 2015 [–]

There is an entire family of memory elements who's resistance is modified in order to store data. RRAM/ReRAM, CBRAM, PCM, MRAM, as well as many others.

dooptroop on July 29, 2015 | [–]

I suppose "resistive" in this context relates to the method used to read the memory, not so much how this change of resistance is implemented.

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