Solve : IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit?

1.	Solve : IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit?
Answer» Researchers have successfully stored a single data bit in only 12 atoms. Currently it takes about a million atoms to store a bit on a modern hard-disk, the researchers from IBM say. They believe this is the world's smallest magnetic memory bit. Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16543497 That is awesome! In theory, in the near future you might buy HDD that could hold more than 200 terabytes What would you do with that much stuff in one place? That could be all the copyrighted media found in the US copyright office. Looking into the contents of your drive might be against the law. So will congress soon put a limit of the size of any HDD? Quote What would you do with that much stuff in one place? You forget to realise that when the size of hard drives INCREASE, so does the size of everything you put on it. When we get to 25-30 MP cameras, you'll be talking about a lot of space to store one photo. Same for videos - we're probably only 1-2 years away from the NEXT STEP up from HD.Conventional photography and filming did not use digital compression. With new technology a HD movie now takes less bandwidth that the older analog system or the raw digital format. The net RESULT is to increase the number of virtual pixels with no increase in the number of bits needed to store the compressed data. Of course the human eye still has resolution higher that most digital cameras in common use. So there is the possibility of super HIGH definition in the future.

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Researchers have successfully stored a single data bit in only 12 atoms.

Currently it takes about a million atoms to store a bit on a modern hard-disk, the researchers from IBM say.

They believe this is the world's smallest magnetic memory bit.

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16543497
That is awesome!

In theory, in the near future you might buy HDD that could hold more than
200 terabytes
What would you do with that much stuff in one place?
That could be all the copyrighted media found in the US copyright office. Looking into the contents of your drive might be against the law.

So will congress soon put a limit of the size of any HDD?

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What would you do with that much stuff in one place?

You forget to realise that when the size of hard drives INCREASE, so does the size of everything you put on it. When we get to 25-30 MP cameras, you'll be talking about a lot of space to store one photo. Same for videos - we're probably only 1-2 years away from the NEXT STEP up from HD.Conventional photography and filming did not use digital compression. With new technology a HD movie now takes less bandwidth that the older analog system or the raw digital format. The net RESULT is to increase the number of virtual pixels with no increase in the number of bits needed to store the compressed data.

Of course the human eye still has resolution higher that most digital cameras in common use. So there is the possibility of super HIGH definition in the future.

Solve : IBM researchers make 12-atom magnetic memory bit?

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