Monday, 3. April 2006, 09:59:40
Computer, memory, technology
InPhase Technologies claims to have broken the record for the highest data density of any commercial storage technology after successfully recording 515Gb of data per square inch.
Holographic storage can dramatically boost capacity as it takes advantage of volumetric efficiencies rather than recording only on the surface of the material.
Source:
http://www.vnunet.com/articles/print/2152827
Friday, 31. March 2006, 11:02:17
Computer, memory, technology
IBM scientists have developed a new technique, called spin-excitation spectroscopy, to explore and control magnetism at its fundamental atomic level.
The method promises to be important not only in the quest to understand the operation of future computer circuit and data-storage elements as they shrink toward atomic dimensions, but also to lay the foundation for new materials and computing devices that leverage atom-scale magnetic phenomena.
Source:
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184417082
Thursday, 23. March 2006, 12:43:56
Computer, technology, memory
Imagine a computer that doesn't lose data even in a sudden power outage, or a coin-sized hard drive that could store 100 or more movies.
Magnetic random-access memory, or MRAM, could make these possible, and would also offer numerous other advantages. It would, for instance, operate at much faster than the speed of ordinary memory but consume 99 percent less energy.
The current challenge, however, is the design of a fast, reliable and inexpensive way to build stable and densely packed magnetic memory cells.
Source:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/jhu-mdb011106.php
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