Progress toward terabit-rate high-density recording

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 09:49 in Mathematics & Economics

Research is closing in on the next-generation of ultra-high-density magneto-optical storage devices that could store more than 6,000 Terabits (6 petabits) of data, more than 70 times the contents of the entire U.S. Library of Congress, on a single 5-inch disc. Yet the vast storage amount is limited by the ability to write data quickly enough to the device.

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