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Sharlinyesterday at 4:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's just a fancy form of delay-line memory [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory


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lxgryesterday at 4:23 PM

In a universe with mass–energy equivalence, show me a storage medium that isn’t effectively a delay line :)

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Alohayesterday at 5:08 PM

you beat me to it - or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory in general, space is probably closer to an electrical delay line in practice.