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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. That... by remembertomorrow · · Score: 5, Funny

    is a lot of porn.



    What?

    --
    Registered Linux user #421033
  2. Breakthrough!!!! by HardCase · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if you combine the tape density breakthrough with the Linux device driver breakthrough, can you go faster than the speed of light? Or does SM just need a thesaurus?

    -h-

  3. Re:My interest is piqued. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I need it for all the pictures of your mom.

    Yo momma so fat, I need all that storage for just one picture of her.