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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. WOW! by TGK · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

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  2. 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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