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  • Flash memory obsolete in 3 years?

    A potential replacement for Flash memory could be on sale within three years, with small start-up company Nanochip announcing a new device that will hold eight times as much data as flash memory, while having a cost per gigabyte of up to four times less.

  • IBM lets Millipede storage out for a stroll

    IBM tantalised chip aficionados at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, last week with a storage device that it says can achieve data densities of more than 1 terabit per square inch.

  • The incredible shrinking computer

    From room-sized mainframes to handheld PDAs, computers are getting, smaller, smaller, and smaller. Storage, both hard disk and memory, are doing the same.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • IBM's new spin on nano-storage

    IBM's nanotech project, code-named Millipede, features a chip with more than 1,000 heated spikes that holds up to a trillion bits of information in a postage stamp-size area. It could store 10GB in a mobile phone.

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  • Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements

    The only question is which approach will work best -- using molten silicon, designer molecules, or maybe protein globules?

  • The incredible shrinking computer

    From room-sized mainframes to handheld PDAs, computers are getting, smaller, smaller, and smaller. Storage, both hard disk and memory, are doing the same.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • IBM labs unveil super-dense storage

    IBM researchers have created a storage device that holds up to a trillion bits of information, or about 25 million textbook pages in a postage stamp-size area.

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  • The incredible shrinking computer

    From room-sized mainframes to handheld PDAs, computers are getting, smaller, smaller, and smaller. Storage, both hard disk and memory, are doing the same.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • IBM labs unveil super-dense storage

    IBM researchers have created a storage device that holds up to a trillion bits of information, or about 25 million textbook pages in a postage stamp-size area.

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