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Atomic Scale Memory

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. WOW! by TGK · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowol^H^H^H^H^H^H.... oh wait... never mind.

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  2. Old news. by Mornelithe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Geeze. I've had this on my Bitboys video card for years now. With this and the Xtreme Bandwith Architecture, it'll easily be the most powerful video card for years to come! Who needs nVidia and ATi, eh?

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  3. using slave labor by yuri82 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It is actually quite simple, and my graduate students make the surfaces routinely now," he said.

    yeah, i bet its very simple, all he has to do is order them to do it! Thats as simple as it used to be to get beer before my wife left me:
    hey bitch, grab me a brew!

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  4. Re:Eh? by Shimmer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It might be cool to type "vaccuum", but the word you're trying to use is spelled "vacuum".

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