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![]() Texas Instruments bubble memory module (1977)
The concept of bubble memory, a new form of nonvolatile solid-state memory, was first introduced by Andrew Bobeck in 1967 while working at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Bubble memory technology used a thin film of magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas known as bubbles. Each bubble was capable of storing one bit of data. Bubble memory started out as a promising new data storage technology in the 1970's. Intel, Western Electric, Texas Instruments, Hitachi & Sharp all produced bubble memory modules during the 1970's & 80's. Hard disk computer storage prices fell rapidly in the 1980's which led to the end of the bubble memory being competitive in the commercial market. |
Some Memorabilia with Bubble Memory
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Control Data Cray Cyrix Data General DEC ESI Fujitsu HP Hughes
IBM Intel ITT LSI Memorex Micron MIT Microvision Motorola National Semi
NCR NEC Nvidia Panasonic PHILCO PMI RCA Remington Rand Samsung
Signetics Sperry Sun Microsystems TSMC UNIVAC Western Electric Etc.