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100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab

Posted by kdawson on from the lasers-and-gadolinium dept.

Gary lets us know about research out of the Netherlands that has succeeded in reading and writing a hard disk using polarized laser light. The researchers claim this offers a 100-times speedup over reading/writing using magnets. People have been trying for years to write data using polarized light; the secret of the current work's success lies in its disk's materials — gadolinium, iron, and cobalt. Working prototype drives should be available within a decade.

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  1. Reverse the polarity of the tachyon pulse! by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gary lets us know about research out of the Netherlands that has succeeded in reading and writing a hard disk using polarized laser light. Oh my god, dicking with the polarity actually did fix something! I take back half of the mean things I've said about Wesley Crusher.
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  2. Ten Years by Kuvter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Working prototype drives should be available within a decade. Sweet, just around the time Starcraft 2 and Duke Nukem Forever come out.
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  3. Re:Do we even have to say it? by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, I can't think of an otherwise plausible tech that's been vaporware longer than light- or holography-based data storage. Duke Nukem Forever?
  4. Re:A decade? by wilsonthecat · · Score: 3, Funny

    What you're really admitting to is having a 4 x 320gb porno store