IBM creates data storage at the atomic level

A new discovery by Big Blue researchers suggests that it's possible to store a bit of information in as little as 12 magnetic atoms. Today's disk drives require a million atoms to store a bit.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/C-U51G6i8sE" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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