Get Ready for the 100 Gigabyte SD Card

[Ed Hardy]

IBM recently announced it is developing a new method of storing data that will fit more than 1 terabit into a single square inch.

Read more at http://www.brighthand.com/article/Ge...gabyte_SD_Card

[Gerard]

This story appeared on SlashDot about 10 days ago as well. Interesting stuff!.

As I understand it it's not "punching holes" in a film, but rather using tiny applications of heat from the write-heads, "dimpling" the nano-dimensioned film. This low-temperature deformation is said to be operable through a great many re-write cycles at ambient temperatures up to 45 degrees celsius, perhaps higher. I guess dimpled is 1 where un-dimpled is 0, from what I could make out of the various postings on the subject. The exact means of moving the rods/heads is something beyond my understanding so far. Small stuff! And the talk is of 10 layers or more...

[Ed Hardy]

Originally posted by Gerard
As I understand it it's not "punching holes" in a film, but rather using tiny applications of heat from the write-heads, "dimpling" the nano-dimensioned film.

Good point. Thanks for making this clearer than I did.

I'm going to edit the article so that future readers get a better idea of what's really going on.

[nobody]

Want it now!!!