Memristor flash replacement to be ready in 2013

The Tech Report writes HP aims to deliver the first ReRAM chips as early as 2013:

A little more than a year ago, HP teamed up with Hynix to produce memory based on memristor technology. Dubbed ReRAM, this non-volatile memory promised lower power consumption than flash and the potential to be even faster. Now, according to HP Senior Fellow Stan Williams, we could see the first chips as early as 2013. Williams says "hundreds of wafers" have already been produced, and it looks like two versions will be available initially: a slower speed grade designed to supplant the flash memory in smartphones, and faster stuff primed for SSDs.

HP plans to license its ReRAM technology, and Williams points out that Samsung has an even bigger team working on memristors. Replacing flash memory is only the beginning, though. Williams expects non-volatile memristor chips to challenge volatile DRAM by as early as 2014.

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Unlocking The AMD Radeon HD 6950 to 6970 - BIOS Flash Guide

Legit Reviews learns you how you can flash a Radeon HD 6950 into a Radeon HD 6970!

Thanks to an insecure restriction method, the AMD Radeon HD 6950 video card can be unlocked and turned into an AMD Radeon HD 6970 with just a few minutes work. Today we break down the process on a reference designed card and we run performance benchmarks along the way to see if the process is worthwhile or just a waste of time. Read on to see what happens to our retail ASUS EAH6950 graphics card as we perform the operation!

Quote: "Upgrading the AMD Radeon HD 6950 graphics to a Radeon HD 6950 proved to be an enlightening experience. Testing the same card with multiple levels of shaders, core speeds and memory frequencies showed exactly how each of these things can have an effect in different ways. The largest gains came from completely unlocking the potential of the Radeon HD 6950 by fully flashing the BIOS, effectively turning it into a Radeon HD 6970. Each of the techniques that we used showed gains of different levels, however the biggest surprise was the minimal gains provided only by the shader unlock, which in some tests were almost non-existent..."

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