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'Millipede' Prototype Shown at CeBIT

Posted by timothy on from the idea-with-legs dept.

neutron_p writes "It was a subject of much controversy for last 5 - 7 years, but it's finally got protyped. At CeBIT, IBM for the first time shows the prototype of "Millipede" - nanomechanical data storage device. Using revolutionary nanotechnology, scientists at the IBM Zurich R&D Lab, Switzerland, have made it to the millionths of a millimeter range, achieving data storage densities of more than one terabit per square inch, equivalent to storing the content of 25 DVDs on an area the size of a postage stamp. The principle of operation is comparable with the old punch cards, but now with structural dimensions in the nanometer scale and the ability to erase data and rewrite the medium."

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  1. Clarification of the joke by Werrismys · · Score: 2, Informative

    Millipede was a Centipede clone. With bugs.

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  2. Re:1tb = 250dvd, not 25 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's one terabit, not terabyte, so closer to 100Gb. Which is 25 DVDs.

  3. Get your units right! by benhocking · · Score: 2, Informative

    A centipede can hold 10 millipedes, not the other way around! Sheesh...

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