(新华社伦敦5月23日电)英国剑桥大学和日本日立公司近日宣布研制出全新结构的新一代存储芯片——“相态低电子(空穴)数驱动存储器”(PLEDM)。据称,一块新型芯片能存储相当于一部电影所含全部影像和声音的信息。有关科学家认为,这一技术有望用于制造数千兆位级的下一代存储器。除具有快速处理大量信息的能力之外,新型芯片还具有能耗低的优势,可广泛用于制造更轻便的移动电话和电脑。 (Xinhua News Agency, London, May 23) Cambridge, UK, and Hitachi Ltd. of Japan recently announced the development of a new generation of memory chips of a new structure, the “phase low electron (hole number) driver memory” (PLEDM). Allegedly, a new chip can store the equivalent of a movie contains all the images and sounds of information. The scientists believe that this technology is expected to be used in the manufacture of next-generation memory at multi-gigabit levels. In addition to its ability to process large amounts of information quickly, the new chips have the advantage of low energy consumption and are widely used to make lighter mobile phones and computers.