Hoax: Atom Chip Corporation Unveiled 6.8GHz Laptop

2005-09-05
by red
AtomChip

This is a hoax!

Atom Chip Corporation, a research and development company for new computer designs concentrating on new Quantum and Quantum-Optical devices for storing and processing information in a way that permits high-speed data accessibility, unveiled its 6.8GHz laptop, the AtomChip® SG220-2.

This new laptop does not employ a hard disk drive and hence increasing system stability by reducing the heat generated and eliminating vibration caused by hard disk operations. The laptop is completely based on solid state AtomChip® optoelectronics (except the DVD drive). Its 6.8GHz processing speed is powered by their very own AtomChip® Quantum® II processor, or four 1.7GHz Intel® Pentium® M processors. The new AtomChip® Quantum® II processor with 256MB on-board memory is claimed to have a high speed with very low consumption of electrical energy

The new non-volatile Quantum-Optical RAM increases the speed of the system as the need to refresh information after every cycle of reading of information (like regular RAM) doesn’t exist any more. AtomChip® SG220-2 is equipped with a 1TB Quantum-Optical non-volatile RAM (NvIOpSRAM-SODIMM 200-pin) to serve as memory and a 2TB non-volatile Quantum RAM (NvIOpRAM-ATA IDE) to serve as storage.

For full system speficifications, please visit their website throught the link at the end of this article.

Via: GadgetsMadness
Link: AtomChip® SG220-2

[edit 1] Chris Joseph pointed out that AtomChip’s previous version of Quantum-Opital RAM (with much lower capacity) appeared in CES 2004, and the it was patented in 1996. In the same page, we could find a link which shows that a previous version of Atom Chip’s laptop, the SG111 was displayed in CES 2005.

[edit 2] I received an email from Miles Cederman, linking me to Dan’s Data Letters #138, as well as Robert’s comment, linking me to an archived page of AtomChip. Both of them make it clear that AtomChip and its products were just a big joke.

[edit 3] Thanks to Robert for another link at The Register, which also covered the hoax.

[edit 4]This page is even more ridiculous, they have already set up a CES 2006 page when we’re still in year 2005.

Thanks Chris, Miles and Roberts for pointing this out :)

This is the real AtomChip Group, an atom chip research group at University of Heidelberg, Germany.

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    1. chris joseph says:
      2005-09-07 12:44

      I call for a bit of skepticism…

      look at

      this post from the 2004 CES

      It’s been a year or more and nobody’s picked up on this revolutionary technology?

      Your comments won’t let my hyperlink (preview check) but the patent they reference was issued in 1998

      Inventors: Gendlin; Shimon (21 Reed La., Westbury, NY 11590)
      Appl. No.: 758096
      Filed: November 29, 1996
    1. red says:
      2005-09-07 13:21

      hi chris, thanks for the comment.

      it is interesting to know they have unveiled their optical ram in last year’s CES, yet nobody else has picked up in the same area. my guess is… that could be caused by the patent issued?

      I just found out from howstuffwork that AtomChip displayed their previous version of laptop, the SG111 in this year’s CES (link added in article body). That makes me believe the technology is actually working, andit is stable.
    1. red says:
      2005-09-07 15:52

      i’ve just received an email from Miles, who told me it’s a haux with reference to Dan’s Data etters #138

      i’ll see if i can find more about atomchip.
    1. Robert says:
      2005-09-08 00:49

      Has anyone else taken a look at the lovely stuff on here ? I had a good chuckle anyway.
    1. red says:
      2005-09-08 00:56

      lol thanks for the link to that archived page. I guess it’s clear that it’s a hoax. I just wonder how did they get on CES 2004 and 2005, if they paid for it, what were their purposes?
    1. Robert says:
      2005-09-08 01:37

      Who knows… It’s slightly worrying though! The hoax is also covered on The Register which rips the claim apart. I look forward to see what happens at CES 2006! But even if it’s real, nothing can beat my ID-10T Compatable CPU! Bwahaha.
    1. red says:
      2005-09-08 01:49

      thanks again, i need to fix the comment display lol it’s not wrapping the long lines =

      nice picture xD
    1. Robert says:
      2005-09-08 02:17

      That’s odd, it does here (in Opera). http://m33p.be/pgadgets.png I’ve checked in Interweb Exploiter and it pushes the boxes wider while Firefox lets the text dribble over the edge. You should be able to tweak the CSS to sort this.
    1. Jos Kenneth says:
      2006-01-26 09:48

      Thought was really a hoax after reading much in email etc a few years ago. Cant believe my eyes when i saw it in Massachusate(thk my spealing is wrong) manufacturing expo 2004 when im on business trip! !! No chance to try my hands on it but demo is there with the notebook. Saw the actual harddisk chips etc, using chip. no wonder so fast. the details are alien to me though but i know one down side. the camera sucks.


    1. chas r. says:
      2006-12-12 06:37

      I saw it, played with it, tested. it works!! oh the reason you dont see it is cause the manufacturers have patents on their formfactor.. iE. sandisk flash card etc.. and wont license technology that will make them obsolete without complete ownership .. thats the holdup dont let anybody tell you different..