IBM shows data storage at the atomic level (images)

by CNET News.com  |  January 12, 2012, 11:10am PST  |  Image 1 of 6

Today, IBM announced that it has found a way to store data at the atomic level. Researchers at Big Blue demonstrated that they can hold on to a bit of data with just 12 magnetic atoms. Today's disk drives require as much as 1 million atoms to store a bit.

This is a magnetic byte comprised of eight bits.

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