Core memory, magnetized memory using tiny magnetic rings suspended on a grid of wires, is now more than five decades obsolete, yet it exerts a fascination for hardware hackers still. Not least ...

The reason they have that name is that magnetic core memory was the primary storage for computers back in the old days and many of us still refer to a computer’s main memory as “core.” ...

Magnetic storage makes use of a magnetisable coating. Magnetised dots are made on the surface of the material. These dots are created, read and erased by very small electromagnets. Examples ...

Core storage lasted for about two decades, before dynamic RAM (DRAM) chips replaced it, but it is the reason memory was called "memory." The magnetic cores held their content without power (see ...

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"We know that the Earth's core is primarily composed ... compelling avenue for further research: Magnetic domains along tiny nanowires could serve as storage media that are faster and more energy ...