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The Future of Hard Drives: Ballistic Magnetoresist

Posted by chrisd on from the flying-magnets dept.

Hirsto writes "Found this interesting story about breakthrough research on next generation drives. Here is a link to the NSF press release on this technology which supposedly enables storage densities of greater than 1 terabit per square inch. Devices might be on the market in 7 years, give or take."

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  1. Re:1 Terabyte/1sq inch? by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You've got 5 1/4 inches, how much can I hold on my 8 inch floppy?

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  2. Well, it isn't exactly a dupe, but... by Ari+Rahikkala · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Nickel Sensors Could Raise Hard Disk Capacity.

    At least we got a new link.

  3. So... by jj_johny · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    all that stuff I see on Alias is real then! Next thing ya know that stuff on Star Trek is real too and they just been keeping it from us. What I really want is for all that Batman stuff to be real - I could really use a big car like batman to get through all this snow around my house.

    1. Re:So... by Sir+Tristam · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      I could really use a big car like batman to get through all this snow around my house.
      The right vehicle already exists. The best thing to get you through all that snow is an Avalanche. (You know, sometimes you just have to...)

      Chris