IBM creates data storage at the atomic level

xg4bx · 01-13-2012, 12:55 AM

"With a discovery that could some day fundamentally alter the scale of mass data storage, nanotechnology researchers at IBM say they have found a way to store a bit of information in as little as 12 magnetic atoms.

That's a radical improvement over today's storage devices which, IBM argues, require about a million atoms to hold a bit of information. For those keeping score at home, IBM's discovery could mean storage could one day be possible at 1/83,000th the scale of today's disk drives."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57...evel/?ttag=fbw

WT Sharpe · 01-18-2012, 01:45 PM

One big practical problem is that you have to keep those atoms under 4° Kelvin. That's asking a lot of a typical computer fan, which generally keep things cooled to around 295° K.

Of course, a lot of guys I know would solve the problem by locating the entire system on their wife's side of the bed.

01-13-2012, 12:55 AM	#1
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	IBM creates data storage at the atomic level "With a discovery that could some day fundamentally alter the scale of mass data storage, nanotechnology researchers at IBM say they have found a way to store a bit of information in as little as 12 magnetic atoms. That's a radical improvement over today's storage devices which, IBM argues, require about a million atoms to hold a bit of information. For those keeping score at home, IBM's discovery could mean storage could one day be possible at 1/83,000th the scale of today's disk drives." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57...evel/?ttag=fbw

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01-18-2012, 01:45 PM	#2
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	One big practical problem is that you have to keep those atoms under 4° Kelvin. That's asking a lot of a typical computer fan, which generally keep things cooled to around 295° K. Of course, a lot of guys I know would solve the problem by locating the entire system on their wife's side of the bed.

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