New IBM system stores 25 times as much data as hard drives

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Jun 11 10:33:45 2002

Here's a new technology with a classic twist:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/3444884.htm

IBM invented a medium based in part on scanning electronic microscope
technology that creates tiny indentations or holes on a polymer. Each
whole is "half a billionth of an inch" in diameter. The storage density
is purported to be 25 times that of current hard disk technology (200 CD
ROMs on a stamp). This is amazing. The technology is being compared to
punch cards.

Check out the article above soon as the full-text goes away after a day or
so.

I see this as one of the most significant inventions of the modern (i.e. <
10 years) computer age because it represents a high-density, long term
storage media that can be reliably used for non-volatile archival data
storage.

And based on mechanical technology. Who woulda thunk?

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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