New data storage design likely to increase data capacity

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In this diagram of a patterned media recording system each 43-nanometer island of magnetic material is isolated from the others allowing each tiny cell to act as a bit. According to scientists at the University of Houston the pattern could allow up t ...
In this diagram of a patterned media recording system, each 43-nanometer island of magnetic material is isolated from the others, allowing each tiny cell to act as a bit. According to scientists at the University of Houston, the pattern could allow up to 20-40 terabits per square inch. Photo credit: Parekh et al.

If you always seem to be running out of memory on your computer to store songs or photos, be assured that increasing data storage is a hot topic in nano labs. Scientists have built a patterned magnetic recording medium for hard drives that will increase your gigabits (billions) into terabits (trillions).


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