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Scientist Uses Nanodots To Create 4Tb Storage Chip

Posted by samzenpus on from the small-is-the-new-big dept.

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."

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  1. Re:NCSU != UNC by gotfork · · Score: 0, Troll

    BEGIN RANT Seriously, North Carolina State University (NCSU in Raleigh) is not the University of North Carolina (typically in reference to Chapel Hill). One is a school (that I happened to have attended twice) that focuses primarily on Engineering and Agriculture and the other is a liberal arts school down the road. Seriously, fact-check much? http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/CAMSS/bio1.html END RANT

    UNC now also has a cleanroom and the physics department does a lot of nanotechnology, but this guy is definitely at NCSU.

  2. Re:4Tb of data (512GB) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "4 Terabits = 512 Gigabytes."

    Wrong. 4 Terabits would either be 500 MB or 466 MiB.

  3. clone53421 likes stalking others to other forums? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=0c20bd72321b9c96c7a66c25b68b16a6&p=13958812#post13958812

    Says it all right there. Pretty pitiful clone53421, and all because you badly lost a debate here on /., where you libeled me repeatedly as well with information from sources who tried the same in Jeremy Reimer and Jay Little (who only got caught email harassing me by their ISPs, had their websites with death threats & impersonations of myself removed in part or their entirely (3 of them no less, 3 times) by their hosting providers, and had law enforcement in their local areas notified on them both, due to such "geek angst based" death threats).

    APK

    P.S.=> clone53421 - Seek help for your condition, please. However, I am not sure if there is a 'cure' or treatment for 'geek angst', lol... apk