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Ellis Vener
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« on: September 27, 2012, 10:34:49 AM »
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It is very early for the technology but seems to show promise: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-japan-hitachi.html

Maybe it will be practical for large storage needs (TBs) in a few years?

The one problem I foresee is not durability - it is the age old problem of being able to read that data after four or five  generations of technology change.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2012, 04:07:22 PM »
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Shades of Star Trek or 2001 Space Odyssey Smiley  unfortunately data density is very low 40MB/square inch (current magnetic HD's are at 1TB/square inch)
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2012, 10:40:45 AM »
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Quote from: John.Murray on September 27, 2012, 04:07:22 PM
Shades of Star Trek or 2001 Space Odyssey Smiley  unfortunately data density is very low 40MB/square inch (current magnetic HD's are at 1TB/square inch)

It's very early. I suspect data per square inch density will increase.
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