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Almost everyone has DRAM inside their computer. It has become the standard for users and is important for your computing speed.

Intel hopes to replace it with new PRAM, which will be demonstrated at the IDF Conference in Beijing.

PRAM is nonvolatile memory, meaning it will be capable of storing memory even when not powered.

This is a potential replacement for flash memory and DRAM. Flash memory is also nonvolatile, but holds less memory, reads/writes data slower, and is expensive. It also become useless over time because of the way it sotres the memory. DRAM, the one in many computers, is volatile, meaning it has to be powered to hold memory.

PRAM is based on chalcogenide glass. It works by altering the glass by applying heat, which changes the physical structure of the glass. It is hoped to have a better read/write speed than flash memory.

Even though it is a reasonable replacement, it doesn’t mean it will surely overtake it completely.