The reason they have that name is that magnetic core memory was the primary storage for computers back in the old days and many of us still refer to a computer’s main memory as “core.” ...

Core storage lasted for about two decades, before dynamic RAM (DRAM) chips replaced it, but it is the reason memory was called "memory." The magnetic cores held their content without power (see ...

Since its 1970 debut, DRAM has supplanted magnetic core memory as an essential element in von Neumann's computer architecture. By the mid-1980s, fueled by the popularity of PCs and workstations ...

indicating the need for highly efficient data storage solutions. Researchers have now developed a voltage-controlled magnetic memory as an energy-efficient alternative. The research led by ...