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This article makes a lot of extraordinary claims. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In this case, that means a reputable tech reporter from

by drcode 13y ago

This article makes a lot of extraordinary claims. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In this case, that means a reputable tech reporter from a reputable publication has to say "this is the real deal" before these guys can be taken seriously. (I'm not doubting that they have any tech, it's just that they seem to be promising something with no downsides, which in most cases means a marketing team has spun out of control.)

standel 13y ago
This is a very competitive and huge market. Lot of companies running to obtain the next disruptive tehcnology/product. No one is really ahead of the others for now. So I guess it will be difficult to have any good tech reports without any marketing touch in it :)
Alex3917 13y ago
"This article makes a lot of extraordinary claims. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Does it? It just sounds like a normal memristor to me.
- standel 13y ago
  Memristor does not seem to be normal neither. Is there any on the market?
  - wikiburner 13y ago
    No, but they've been expected to be on the market any day now for the past year or two. HP's been doing tons of research and prep work in commercializing them: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/hp-labs-teams-up-with-hynix-to-manufacture-memristors-plans-as/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/hp-labs-teams-up-with-hyn... http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/
    - Alex3917 13y ago
      "They've been expected to be on the market any day now for the past year or two." The last I heard was second quarter 2014 by HP, that's been the release date for the last year or so. Supposedly they could release them now, but they are trying to time the market for business reasons.
  - anigbrowl 13y ago
    Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean anything. I don't mean that to be snide, but just to point out that you may have encountered a limit in your own knowledge. I've known about memristors for years and have been waiting to see a product come to market. They're interesting devices, you should read up on them. Also, search back through HN as there have been several worthwhile discussions of the technology.
- ajross 13y ago
  In the same sense as you might refer to a "normal" quantum computer or "normal" cancer cure, I guess. The phrasing in the article is a little wishy washy, but it sounds like this company is going to production with a TB-per-IC-density non volatile storage product. If true, that's huge news.
anigbrowl 13y ago
Well you could verify the patents for yourself, you could cross-check the opinion of the Convergent Semi analyst for yourself, and you could reflect on the fact that Kleiner Perkins is a well-established VC firm, and a bunch of other things.

by drcode 13y ago

standel 13y ago

This is a very competitive and huge market. Lot of companies running to obtain the next disruptive tehcnology/product. No one is really ahead of the others for now. So I guess it will be difficult to have any good tech reports without any marketing touch in it :)

Alex3917 13y ago

"This article makes a lot of extraordinary claims. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Does it? It just sounds like a normal memristor to me.

standel 13y ago
Memristor does not seem to be normal neither. Is there any on the market?
- wikiburner 13y ago
  No, but they've been expected to be on the market any day now for the past year or two. HP's been doing tons of research and prep work in commercializing them: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/hp-labs-teams-up-with-hynix-to-manufacture-memristors-plans-as/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/hp-labs-teams-up-with-hyn... http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/
  - Alex3917 13y ago
    "They've been expected to be on the market any day now for the past year or two." The last I heard was second quarter 2014 by HP, that's been the release date for the last year or so. Supposedly they could release them now, but they are trying to time the market for business reasons.
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean anything. I don't mean that to be snide, but just to point out that you may have encountered a limit in your own knowledge. I've known about memristors for years and have been waiting to see a product come to market. They're interesting devices, you should read up on them. Also, search back through HN as there have been several worthwhile discussions of the technology.
ajross 13y ago
In the same sense as you might refer to a "normal" quantum computer or "normal" cancer cure, I guess. The phrasing in the article is a little wishy washy, but it sounds like this company is going to production with a TB-per-IC-density non volatile storage product. If true, that's huge news.

anigbrowl 13y ago

Well you could verify the patents for yourself, you could cross-check the opinion of the Convergent Semi analyst for yourself, and you could reflect on the fact that Kleiner Perkins is a well-established VC firm, and a bunch of other things.