If only we had this in Flash memory now!The usual way to cram more storage capacity into memory chips is to shrink the bits that hold the 1s and 0s of computer information. Researchers from the University of Southern California and NASA have built a prototype molecular memory device that puts more memory into one place by storing three bits in the same spot.
A memory chip based on the researchers' prototype would be able to hold 40 gigabits -- about a DVD's-worth of data -- per square centimeter, and the method has the potential to produce memory that holds 10 times that. Today's flash memory chips hold about 1 gigabit per square centimeter.
New Computer Memory Stores Three Bits in One
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New Computer Memory Stores Three Bits in One
This is pretty cool if they can pull it off...
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I would not bet on that, magnetic storage has at least 10 more years of life. Flash is not yet to the point where they can get comparable storage for comparable cash. 4gigs of flash cost $1000 and 250gb of magnetic cost $300 thats a big differnce. this technology might bring the cost down for flash and the stroage capacity up but i dont see it overcoming the storage market just yet.
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