NEC has developed a new generation of memory.

NEC Corp. has developed elements of a new generation of memory, called magnetic trigger long-term (non-volatile magnetic flip flop) and is the basis odnobitovoy memory cells, writes The Register Hardware.
Unlike modern memory for storing information magnetic flip-flop does not require energy. Thus, the new memory can be used for storing system data when the device is switched off.
Magnet triggers also benefit from the different cell flash memory, the number of rewrite cycles which are limited. A trigger such limitations do not exist.
NEC engineers believe that the magnetic triggers can be built without too much difficulty in the existing odnokristalnye system (system-on-chip) and thus make their information stored volatile. The new memory cells can operate using a strain of 1.2 volts or less. Operating frequency can reach 3.5 gigagertsa.
While the unknown cost of memory and the date of the emergence of commercial products using this technology.