Tag: memory

ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2011) Women who use contraceptives like birth control pills experience memory changes, according to new UC Irvine research.
Their ability to remember the gist of an emotional event improves, while women not using the contraceptives better retain details.

"What's most exciting about this study is that it shows the use of hormonal contraception alters memory," UCI graduate researcher Shawn Nielsen said. "There are only a handful of studies examining the cognitive effects of the pill, and more than 100 million women use it worldwide."

Toshiba and SanDisk Celebrate the opening of Fab 5 300mm NAND Flash Memory Fabrication Facility in Japan. Consumer demand for Smartphones, Tablets and other consumer electronic devices continues to fuel strong global demand for NAND flash memory. Toshiba began the construction of Fab 5 in July 2010, and the new facility, equipped with manufacturing equipment funded by Toshiba and SanDisk, started volume production in July 2011. Fab 5 currently uses 24 nanometer process technology and its first wafer outs will be in August 2011.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of a famous video.

Co-hosted by Professor Robert Winston and Dr Tanya Byron, this interactive special invites you to take part in a range of experiments to test your memory and receive practical help on how to improve it.

Longleat House in Wiltshire is transformed into 'Memory Manor', a laboratory to explore how our brains work, what memory skills we're born with and which parts of our memory we can improve on.

Stretch your memory with fun challenges designed by experts. Your answers will help University of Edinburgh experimental psychologists with their research.

Most people will not be able to get everything right. People with normal memories can have low scores.

Duration: about 20 minutes

Lexar Media announced that it is shipping Lexar Professional 133x Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory cards in 16GB and 32GB capacities to retail outlets. The Lexar Professional SDHC memory cards will be available in B&H and Adorama stores in the U.S. The professional Lexar SDHC memory cards offer the maximum Class 10 speed rating, providing a blazing-fast minimum sustained write speed capability of 133x (20MB per second), while the higher capacities of the new 16GB and 32GB flash memory cards make them an excellent choice for shooting higher-resolution images and large-sized, high-definition video files with SDHC compatible digital SLR cameras and system cameras.

SanDisk, the global leader in flash memory cards, introduced a new line of SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash memory cards, setting a new standard for fast, reliable, high-capacity memory cards designed for professional photographers.

SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash cards feature a new SanDisk Power Core Controller, an advanced memory controller that enables lightning-fast read and write speeds of up to 90MB/s, doubling the performance from previous SanDisk high-end camera memory cards. more...

Lexar Media Announces new flash memory cards using Micron's new high-capacity 34nm NAND technology.
Micron Technology announced mass production of new NAND flash memory products using its award-winning 34-nanometer (nm) process technology. Microns new 16- and 32-gigabit (Gb) NAND chips pair incredible capacity with performance, providing a compelling solution for todays demanding portable storage requirements that are tailored to end-customer product dimensions.

The IC Insider reveals the densely packed real estate and impressive clock-synchronization circuitry that allow Samsung's 1-Gbit K4B1G0846D-HCF8 to achieve its 1066-Mbps data-transfer rate.