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Intel and Micron say they have a new computer chip that will make your gadgets significantly faster, more durable and able to store way more data.

If the claims hold up, the new chip could serve as a momentous achievement for the computing industry, ushering in a wave of new devices.

The new technology, called 3D XPoint, was developed by combining a computer's memory (RAM) and data storage (hard drive or Flash drive) into a single chip.

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