Archive for the ‘storage’ tag
Taking data storage to the molecular level
Computers are getting smaller and smaller. And as hand-held devices, from mobile phones and cameras to music players and laptops, get more powerful, the race is on to develop memory formats that can satisfy the ever-growing demand for information storage on tiny formats.
Researchers at The University of Nottingham are now exploring ways of exploiting the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create a cheap and compact memory cell that uses little power and writes information at high speeds.
Read more on: camera, carbon nanotubes, Computers, Electronics, storageMolecule-sized switch beefs up data storage
The storage capacity of an iPod could be increased by 150,000 times with a molecule-sized switch developed by nanotechnology researchers at the University of Glasgow.
The switch enables data storage to be dramatically increased without having to make the storage device any bigger.
The work of Professor Lee Cronin and Dr Malcolm Kadodwala means 500,000 gigabytes could be squeezed onto a square inch. The current limit for the space is around 3.3 gigabytes. The researchers believe the development could see the number of transistors per chip rising from today’s limit of 200million to over one billion.
Read more on: Design, Electronics, nanocluster, nanotechnology, storage, switch