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IBM Reinvents Punch Cards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plus-ca-change dept.

grim_thing writes "I.B.M. scientists say they have created a data-storage technology that can store the equivalent of 200 CD-ROM's on a surface the size of a postage stamp. Writing in the current issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, researchers at I.B.M.'s laboratories in Zurich report that they have achieved a storage density of one trillion bits of data per square inch, about 25 times as great as current hard disks." Reuters also has a story.

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  2. Heh by j0nkatz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Too easy just like yo mamma!

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  3. and just imagine... by denttford · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just imagine, a Beowulf clus^H^H^H^H^H
    err... nevermind.

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  4. Re:good news for Linux? by bsDaemon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Which is odd because we all know how much bigger and "badder" (cooler, not more not good) Notepad is than EMACS.

  5. Re:good news for Linux? by ranulf · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    If you really want just a barebones installation, RH7.0 will install with just disk 1. And that gives you far more than Windows does - a web server, database, etc...

    And were you to install office, IIS and Visual Studio on Windows, you'll already have gone through 6 CDs.

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  7. Re:good news for Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Required?? I believe good old Slackware comes on 1 CD. A basic Linux install can be anywhere from a meg or 2 to 2-3Gb. You're talking about additional software, binaries and libraries etc.

  8. Re:Perhaps not a disk-replacement, but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YM lose HTH HAND

  9. Imagine.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..A beowulf cluster of GNU/Stallmans.

    I may weep openly

  10. Re:good news for Linux? by Tim+C · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You can install a fully-functional Mabdrake Linux 8.2 system off a single CD. The other 2 are for extra stuff that is not required for the system - eg a choice of mail clients, text editors, less commonly used window managers, etc. Most of the development packages (eg header files, etc - not gcc and other compilers) are also on the second and third CDs.

    Whilst it is true that you can install Windows from a single CD, you don't get half as much as you do with a Linux distribution, even allowing for the (substantial) duplication of software.

    As for the number of discs, if this really was a problem, I'm sure more distros would be offering a DVD option - the majority of new PCs these days come with DVD drvies, after all.

    Cheers,

    Tim

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  11. Re:Interesting by great+throwdini · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [IBM] just sold their Hard disk unit to [H]itachi. And a few days later they report a new storage format. Makes you think.

    I just opened the front door to my house. And a few seconds later it started to rain really, really hard.

    Makes you think...

  12. Re:good news for Linux? by Indras · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Actually, I only use two CDs to install Red Hat, not six. Sure, the professional version comes with six, but that is all the software you'll need to run any type of server you could want. Tons of text editors, multiple browsers, image editors (gimp, etc), office suites (staroffice), and lots and lots more, as well as source code for pretty much everything.

    I don't know of any version of Windows that fits all of those utilities on one CD, or even six for that matter. You'll need CDs for Windows, MS Office (full version is four CDs by itself), a paint program like Photoshop (another CD), MS Exchange for e-mail, and so on and so forth.

    Frankly, I think your comment is a bunch of FUD, especially when there are entire versions of Linux out there now that come on just one DVD-ROM. Pretty much every distro comes with a graphical installer, a text-based one, and options for FTP installs. And, you don't need a special version to do an "upgrade install" on an existing system, if you don't want to rewrite all your files with a "full install" (Microsoft likes to charge more for these features). It doesn't get more convenient than that.

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  13. Re:200 CD-Roms? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oops, that should be "standard"

  14. Re:Interesting by leuk_he · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I saw just saw a new post on [S]lashdot with the chars [i]bm and [s]torage.

    Then i posted a troll (10 other people made the same post) about [h]itachi.

    Then i am the one that gets modded up.

    Makes you think....

    I DO NOT THINK ABOUT CAPS.

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  17. Re:Perhaps not a disk-replacement, but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that a troll?

    I'm pretty sure quantum events don't interfere with nanoscale objects. Quantum events are particle sized.

    Of course, IANAP.

  18. Re:more IBM HD feats. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  20. Re:GXP by wirelessbuzzers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with AOL, you can use it 1000 hours a month! errr... wait...

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  21. Thats a lot of porn by Skyhoper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    200 cds of porn, now thats a lot of porn.