New Technique Promises Much Faster Hard Drive Write Speeds 148
MrSeb writes "Hold onto your hats: Scientists at the University of York, England have completely rewritten the rules of magnetic storage (abstract; full paper paywalled). Instead of switching a magnetic region using a magnetic field (like a hard drive head), the researchers have managed to switch a ferrimagnetic nanoisland using a 60-femtosecond laser. Storing magnetic data using lasers is up to 1,000 times faster than writing to a conventional hard drive (we're talking about gigabytes or terabytes per second) — and the ferrimagnetic nanoislands that store the data are capable of storage densities that are some 15 times greater than existing hard drive platters. Unfortunately the York scientists only detailed writing data with lasers; there's no word on how to read it."
write only media FTW! (Score:5, Funny)
Who needs to read data back anyway?
At last! (Score:5, Funny)
omg (Score:4, Funny)
frickin hard drives with laser beams!
Re:write only media FTW! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:omg (Score:5, Funny)
1) Western Digital licenses this technology.
2) WD releases a new model, the WD Shark. A "Now with LASERs!" starburst graphic adorns the front of the box.
3) Profit!
Re:write only media FTW! (Score:5, Funny)
Cryogenic data storage (Score:4, Funny)
This is the data equivalent of freezing Walt Disney and assuming that someday we'll figure out how to thaw and revive him. Write now, read someday.
Re:Memory Hole (Score:4, Funny)
Goatse Drive technology?
Re:write only media FTW! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cryogenic data storage (Score:4, Funny)
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