Everyday, we hear about fresh technologies which are filling up the tech world. Scientists and researchers are consistently working on new ideas to improve the level of technology and provide better and enhanced facilities to the people. Following are few modern and latest technologies, which have the spirit to change the recent scenario of tech world.

Memristor:

It is a circuit component, which was in theoretical form till now since 1971, when a fourth circuit component was founded by a researcher Leon Chua.

It has been transformed into physical form recently, by HP. Memristor is able to measure the flow of electric current.

1. It remembers how much current passes through it.
2. By alternating the amount of passing current, it can act as a one-element circuit component having exclusive qualities.
3. When the current stops flowing, it saves its electronic state.
4. It is able to replace flash memories and RAMs.
5. Allowing greater and denser memories, Memristor is cheaper than flash drives.
6. It can replace RAM chips; this way it will remember exactly what was going on when computer was turned off, when the computer is turned on again.
7. Memristor based computers will be nothing like today’s PCs; they will be capable of accomplishing way complex tasks.

Flash drive re-placer would be available by 2012 whereas the DRAM and hard drives would be replaced by Memristor by 2014-2016. Memristor based computers may take a couple of decades to show up.

32 Core Central Processing Units:

These days, single core computers worth nothing; even dual cores have lost their value since the advent of quad core processing units by AMD and Intel. It is no more a competition of greater Gigahertz. Soon, this war will increase by number of cores, as it defines how much amount of multi tasking can be done with a computer.

Both AMD and Intel are fighting each other hard in the competition of more cores and smaller sizes. The recent beloved 45nm chip is going to be replaced by even smaller sized 32nm chip, by Intel in 2009. Not only the multitasking will be taken care of, but also the size issue is kept in mind.

Intel is focusing on a six core processor which is due soon. Then, the attention shifts to core i7 which is an eight core chip. This is going to be available by the end of 2009 or in 2010. AMD is also working on an eight core project which is due in 2009. Soon after that, we can anticipate a flow of more and more cores; though the exact time of the arrival of this 32-core chip is still unknown.

Nehalem by Intel and Swift by AMD:

Though there is a lot of hype about discrete graphic cards; majority of people are still satisfied with the integrated graphics because of extra cost of separate graphics card, hassle to install it, and the extra battery drainage. Thus, GPUs are being thought to be the bet solution by researchers. In this way, some of the cores of a computer can be allocated exclusively to the graphics. One can envisage the difference…Wow!! Who will think about discrete graphic cards, then?

Both Nehalem and Swift are due I 2009, and include graphic processing, but not on the actual CPU die. Fusion of GPU and CPU is difficult as many issues rise; any ways, those issues like heat can be taken care of. Let us all wait to see that who leads the contest in making the first fusion.

USB 3.0:

USB 2.0 cannot put up with the grand terabyte hard drives, now, thus an up graded version must come out.

The solution is USB 3.0 which is also known as SuperSpeed USB. It is in the last stages of preparation, and is expected to be out in the market by 2010.

1. It will increase the performance by a factor of 10, all the way up to 4.8 gigabits per sec.
2. Connector will be a bit different; although the USB is expected to be backward compatible with current devices.
3. It will enhance the power efficiency of USB devices, which implies that the devices will get charged faster.

Wireless Power Transmission:

Now, we are sick of those long hard cable network stretched along our entire homes. When would technology develop to an extent when we will get the facility of wireless power transmission?

Intel researchers have tried the idea at a small level, and called it “Wireless Resonant Energy Link” technology. A 10 MHz signal was sent through a coil of wire, which was received by a nearby similar coil of wire, both having same frequency. It was able to light up a 60-watt bulb with 70 percent efficiency.

Many hurdles obstruct the implementation of this technology, like a direct current version,

smaller apparatus, safety measures etc. It will take the manufacturers not less than 6-8 years for bringing this technology to your home.

Gesture based remote control:

The era of mice is ending, with the advent of gesture recognition. The working is really simple; by placing a camera on the device, and watching the user’s hand gestures carefully. This way, waving, holding and moving one’s hand in different directions will work as controlling the functions of the computer.

Toshiba has won the competition by releasing the first ever gesture recognition based laptop Qosmio G55. The brand is also working on a similar TV.

64 bit Computing:

32 bit computing is going to be replaced by 64 bit computing wholly, very soon. In fact, many laptops and PCs are using this technology.  It allows for more RAM, but Microsoft is still in no mood to completely shift to 64 bit Windows. Mac OS X Leopard is already 64-bit.

The vista users know the dilemma that OS doesn’t access more than 3GB of RAM, because it doesn’t possess more bits to access the memory. It is likely that Microsoft will adopt 64 bit computing wholly with Windows 8, around 2013. Samsung is planning to push its whole PC line to 64 bit computing in 2009.

Windows 7:

Windows 7 plans to kill and dispose off with Vista, soon. It has a refined look and enhanced security system.  It is expected that the new Windows will bring with them the long awaited WinFS file system. Other expected features include enhanced online integration, more cloud computing and Windows Live services. January 2010 is the release month, whereas a beta is expected in end of this year.

These were few such technologies, which when adopted, will completely change the whole scenario of today’s tech world. The more people demand developed facilities, the more technology advances; and vice versa. Next era is of technology; the highest levels thereof.

Written by “Seemab”

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.