Macronix Develops Self-Healing NAND Flash
Researchers at Taiwanese company Macronix have proposed a solution that will allow NAND flash to bypass the degradation that results from programming and erasing the memory thousands of times. The team had previously found that NAND flash could be returned to a "good" state but it would require "heating for hours at around 250°C" The new technique would achieve similar results by heating groups of memory cells to 800°C for a brief period using onboard heaters. The results of their research are being presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, California from December 10-12. If this technique can be refined and placed into commercial solid state drives, it would have a tremendous impact on the reliability and lifespan of these storage devices.
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Details of Bungie's New Game Destiny Leaked Popular gaming website IGN has got its hands on leaked materials on Bungie's upcoming video game Destiny. The materials leaked include storyline details as well as concept art. Bungie itself later confirmed the authenticity of the leak in a post on its official website. It is unlikely that Activision, the publisher of the Destiny series, is particularly impressed by the leak, however it has made no comment. According to the leak, the game is set 700 years from the present day and is set in the last remaining city on Earth after human attempts to colonise the solar system failed. Alien monsters are converging on planet Earth, while the player is tasked with defending the city as well as finding the source of the aliens and eventually eliminating them. More details on Destiny are expected to be announced at E3 2013, ahead of the release of the first game in the series next fall. Read More ...
THQ Humble Bundle Breaks $2 Million on First Day The Humble Bundle was first introduced as a means to package several Indie games together and allow gamers to pay what they want for all the games. The most recent iteration of the Humble Bundle features several AAA titles from THQ, the first bundle that wasn't focused on Indie games from small developers. In addition to featuring big games from a well known company, this is the first bundle that features DRM in the form of Steam and was also restricted to Windows. The THQ bundle managed to raise $2.4 million in the first 24 hours, eclipsing the totals of all but one of the previous bundles. However, there has been some speculation that a lot of that money is going entirely to charity and that THQ won't be seeing a large chunk of that money. Read More ...
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