Bubble memory

Updated: 09/03/2019 by Computer Hope
bubble memory

Bubble memory is a non-volatile memory composed with a thin layer of material that can be magnetized in only one direction. When a magnetic field is applied to an area not magnetized in the same direction, the area is reduced to a smaller circle, or bubble. When bubble memory was introduced it was widely believed that it would become a leading memory technologies, but these promises were never fulfilled.

Because other non-volatile memory types, such as EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) are faster and less expensive than bubble memory the technology was never widely used. However, it was available as a 128 KB memory cartridge in the Sharp PC-5000, a PC-compatible laptop released in 1983.

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