[extropy-chat] Plastic promises dense data store

[Dan Clemmensen]

Dirk Bruere wrote:

>>On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 wrote:
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>>>A common plastic used to keep monitor screens clear of fluff could soon
>>>be used as a high-density computer memory. In the journal Nature, the
>>>US researchers behind the discovery say it could let them pack a
>>>gigabyte of data into a sugar cube-sized device.
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>Well, before everyone gets too excited maybe it should be pointed out that
>the *hypothesised* information density of 1GB/cc is probably less than for
>existing drives.
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I just measured a standard 3.5" disk drive. It's just about exactly 
300cc, including its
PCB and connectors. You can buy a 350GB version, so yes, the density is 
already higher.