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Bubble Memory
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Texas Instruments 1-Megabit Bubble Memory (Late 1970's)

 

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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.
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Intel 512k memory card with four 1Mb bubble memory modules (1981)
Bell Labs Bubble Memory
Bell Labs Bubble Memory Ad (1979)





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Intel Bubble Memory (1982)
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Western Electric Bubble Memory (1977)
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Hitachi bubble memory (1980)

 


Some Memorabilia with Bubble Memory



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