At 47, he has worked as an executive at RAM Mobile Data in the U.K. and run telecom companies in Pakistan, Poland and Croatia.

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This thing needs, at minimum, a processor, RAM, some kind of data storage, and at least one kind of transmitter.

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Powered by Intel's reliable high performance desktop chipset, this system supports up to 16GB of DDR3 1333 RAM and up to 1TB of data storage.

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And AgigA Tech makes so-called non-volatile Random Access Memory (RAM) that helps people store and retrieve rapidly changing data far more quickly than the slow-poke disk drive technology that keeps data centers humming.

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DVD-RAM that was capable of recording 2.6 gigabytes of data per side.

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If you can't get your noggin around the concepts, know the potential: a new type of memory that will be cheaper, faster, and more efficient than current RAM, while also having the flash-like ability to retain data without power.

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But in most situations, data such as music files or saved games will get saved in the module's RAM rather than cluttering up the Visor unit.

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After all, random-access memory (RAM) is just like a bunch of light switches, and when they all go off, the data is gone.

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