Billion year ultra dense storage

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Billion year ultra dense storage

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http://www.physorg.com/news163328683.html

Now if they can make the thing economical.....we are in business.
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Re: Billion year ultra dense storage

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It's pretty cool but I don't get "ultradense". 1 trillion bits = 125 gigabytes. Most flash memory could achieve that in a square inch of medium, or at least come close.

The real question for me is the access time, which will dictate how useful the tech really is.

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Flash memory has a 10 year lifespan if never refreshed. That is the difference here, Ultra dense and long storage life.
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10 years? What happened to a century?

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