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IBM and Fuji Announce Tape Storage Breakthrough

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the data-in-a-volkswagon dept.

robkill writes "IBM and Fuji have announced a breakthrough in the amount of data that can be stored on magnetic tape, a 15X improvement to 6.67 billion bits of data per square inch. IBM estimates that it will be 5 years before this hits the mass market"

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  1. Re:My interest is piqued. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I need it for all the pictures of your mom.

  2. Re:My interest is piqued. But... by Itninja · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How is world is 100MB/sec not considered slow? You could copy the data 10 times, onto 10 different external hard drives, in less time.

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