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Atomic Scale Memory

Posted by michael on from the quarks-coming-next dept.

maddugan writes "Technology Research News is reporting that researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have put the theoretical to the test by using single silicon atoms to represent the 1s and 0s of computing. This is equivalent to storing the contents of 7,800 DVDs in one square inch of material."

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  1. New possible high-capacity storage format, huh? by Erpo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long it'll be before the *AA asks for a tax on atoms "to offset the costs of piracy".

  2. We lost the file server by SQL+Error · · Score: 5, Funny

    Techie: Um, we've lost the corporate file server.
    Boss: You mean it crashed?
    Techie: No, it's working fine. We just can't find it.

  3. Quarks? by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "from the quarks-coming-next dept."

    Dude, quarks have a hard enough time remembering where they are themselves! Why would you expect them to remember stuff for us as well?