Memory vs. storage: Understand the differences between these two common computer and smartphone terms—before you buy.

Memory is one of a very few elite electronic components essential to any electronic system. Modern electronics perform extraordinarily complex duties that would be impossible without memory. Your ...

With the particular needs of scientists and engineers in mind, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest ...

So it’s good news that scientists in Switzerland are working on racetrack memory, shock-proof memory that they say is 100,000 times faster and consumes less power than current hard disks.

Can our brains run out of memory space? The brain stores and retrieves memories, but it’s less like a computer than you may ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel computer memory design that could boost performance using less energy.

A computer memory device that can withstand temperatures of more than 500°C could be used in spacecraft sent to explore Venus or the sun. Computers use a technology called non-volatile memory to ...

Computer memory could one day withstand the blazing temperatures in fusion reactors, jet engines, geothermal wells and sweltering planets using a new solid-state memory device developed by a team ...