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Scientist Uses Nanodots To Create 4Tb Storage Chip
arcticstoat writes "Solid state disks could soon catch up with mechanical hard drives in terms of cost and capacity, thanks to a new data-packed chip developed by a scientist at the University of North Carolina. Using a uniform array of 10nm nanodots, each of which represents a single bit, Dr. Jay Narayan created a data density of 1 terabit per square centimeter. The end result was a 4cm2 chip that holds 4Tb of data (512GB), but the university says that the nanodots could have a diameter of just 6nm, enabling an even greater data density. The university explains that the nanodots are 'made of single, defect-free crystals, creating magnetic sensors that are integrated directly into a silicon electronic chip.' Dr. Narayan says he expects the technology overtaking traditional solid state disk technology within the next five years."
Is that a new standard being used by the hard drive industry? Now, you can have FOUR Terrabyfes (very small font: 512GB) for $99.99
This is /. 512GB doesn't come close.
Let's just call them both 'Duke University' and be done with it.
They have a storage medium with nothing to read or write it...
The perfect DRM! They'll make billions!
Given that there's an infinite supply of ever-changing pr0n on the internet available for free, I have to wonder why anyone would bother stashing it on a local disk. It's like saving bottles of air.
You used the word "bloated" twice.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Techniques that push chips from 2d into 3d will be the next useful improvement. But after that point we have run out of easy options.
Just keep adding more dimensions... Duh.
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Market forces dictate software bloat, not some centralized cabal of scheming plotters designing an optimal return on investment. As long as people buy more and more bloated crap-ahem-itunes-ahem-ware, as long as managers get rewarded for their bloat factors, as long as developers get specs incorporating bloat, the trend will continue.
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