Liquid Metal RAM could potentially be applied to the CPU!
Liquid Metal RAM could potentially be applied to the CPU!
It's a terrible name for this product. We previously used Liquid Metal RAM, which was the standard before integrated circuits and core memory. The article even refers to it as FlexRam, but search results now completely mislead about its history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line...elay_lines
Despite being used with mercury years ago, it's interesting to observe this idea coming back with a metal that causes fewer health issues. A minor worry remains regarding temperature—gallium melts at a higher point than mercury and stays solid at room temperature. It begins to turn liquid around 85°F, which could affect performance. FlexRAM would likely need constant heating to keep working properly. In its solid state, gallium isn't very strong or flexible either; if it were bent below 85°F, it would break easily and lose your data.