bloodhound Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 When information is stored on disks, minuscule regions that make up each bit of data are magnetized in one direction or its opposite, to represent a 0 or a 1. Rewriting data involves sending an electromagnetic pulse that reverses the spin of selected bits. Accelerate the pulse and you shorten the time needed to store or rewrite information. But if the pulses come too quickly and intensely, the high energy involved makes some of the magnetic changes happen randomly instead of predictably and reliably, according to a group of researchers writing in Wednesday's edition of the journal Nature. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20040421/ap_on_hi_te/computer_speed_limit So what do u think will replace the current storage technology? Any Ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Clever things! http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/04/21/0148258.shtml?tid=126&tid=137&tid=172&tid=198 Either that or some kind of ubercrystal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 whats a ubercrystal????? a crystal with a fractional dimensions like fractals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Magnetic disk drives are (quite obviously) going to be superceded one day, it's just finding a suitable media to replace them - in 20 years time, we probably won't be using them any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1917 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Holography is generally viewed as the technology that will bring massive amounts of data storage on a very small scale. Something the size of a sugar cube could hold hundreds of gigabytes of data: http://physicsweb.org/article/world/13/7/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 we are also talking about the speed of writing data, not just the amount of storange possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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