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I was downloading a bunch of files on my computer recently to a flash drive when a weird thought hit me: Will it ever be possible to download a person's mind onto a memory chip? I mean your brain is like a memory storage so theoretically wouldn't it be possible to download that memory to another location such as a memory chip. Of course, if it could be a pretty boring existence since what the hell kind of fun could you have stuck inside of a high memory flash drive sitting in the corner of a shelf?

Chipmakers Intel and Micron said Tuesday they've created a hyperfast memory chip, up to 1,000 times faster than standard NAND Flash memory. Intel and Micron say they've been working more than a decade on their new, "3D XPoint" chip, which is based on a new, three-dimensional structure and a different set of materials than standard memory chips. The new chip doesn't use transistors, which are the standard on/off switches in microprocessors and nearly every other category of computer chip.

International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) have announced plans to produce a new memory chip to boost memory speeds by 15-times. The companies disclosed the project today and said they will produce a commercially-manufactured Hybrid Memory Cubechip by Micron. The company is the United States’ largest manufacturer of memory chips as well as one of largest in the world.IBM will contribute by manufacturing and supplying the ”controller” silicon that will be used in both the chip’s memory and in its 3D technology, which is based upon through-silicon via (TSV) conduits that electrically connect a stack of individual chips....