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Holographic and phase-change memory
Currently under development by IBM, Macronix, and Qimonda, phase-change memory is being touted as 500 times faster and a magnitude smaller than traditional "floating gate" flash technology. Holographic storage, on the other hand, could quickly change the way we think about CDs and DVDs. Regardless of which ships first, the enterprise should benefit from both soon.