Data Storage

Samsung's T7 Touch portable SSD will be available in 30 countries later this month

Computers

Samsung debuts blazing fast SSD with built-in fingerprint scanner

Samsung has stepped up data transfer speed game in a big way, rolling into this year’s CES with the portable T7 Touch SSD that offers double the read and write speeds of its predecessor, along with a fingerprint scanner for extra peace of mind.

A mesh of the Stanford Bunny model, which researchers have now embedded into DNA – and in turn, 3D printed the model containing the DNA

Science

Plastic rabbits can be "cloned" from their embedded synthetic DNA

Researchers from ETH Zurich have created 3D rabbit models embedded with synthetic DNA that contained their own blueprints. That allows them to effectively "clone" the models, printing copies by clipping small pieces off the original.

This drink coaster-sized piece of glass, which could be the future of archival data, contains the 1978 Warner Bros. film Superman

Computers

Microsoft and Warner Bros trap Superman on glass slide for 1,000 years

Microsoft and Warner Bros. have crammed the 1978 movie Superman onto a silica glass slide the size of a drink coaster. This tough new medium is designed to last centuries, surviving punishment that would ruin film or magnetic drives.

Harvard researchers have developed a new system for reading and writing data to organic molecules

Computers

Harvard system could store data in organic molecules for millennia

The world's data has to be stored somewhere, and huge servers take up heaps of physical space and require huge amounts of energy. Now, Harvard researchers have developed a new system for reading and writing information with organic molecules, which could sit stable and secure for thousands of years.

The 1 TB Lexar Professional 633x SDXC UHS-1 memory card is available now

Digital Cameras

Lexar breaks out 1 TB SDXC memory card

With a bunch of digital cameras now able to record video is glorious 4K UHD resolution, even the highest capacity memory cards may start to tremble. Lexar is looking to ease storage anxiety by revealing the Professional 633x SDXC UHS-1 card, which crams in a terabyte of solid state memory.

Samsung has unveiled the Portable SSD X5

Computers

Samsung's new Portable SSD uses Thunderbolt 3 for lightning-fast data transfer

At IFA this week, Samsung has unveiled the Portable SSD X5, a new solid state drive designed with speed in mind. To that end, it's kitted out with a Thunderbolt 3 connection and built on the NVMe platform, marking two firsts for Samsung's portable consumer SSDs.

Intel has unveiled the P4500, the world's densest SSD that crams 32 TB into a 12-inch "ruler" form factor

Computers

Intel stacks up the world's densest solid state drive

Intel has unveiled what it calls the world’s densest solid state drive (SSD), packing 32 TB into a device the size of an old 12-inch ruler. The development should help data centers get more bang for their buck, cutting the cost of cooling and making more efficient use of the physical space.

A new atomic-scale solid state memory could exceed the capacity of today's solid-state drives by 1,000 times

Computers

Record-breaking solid state memory stores data at 100 times the density of Blu-ray

A new technique can store bits as single hydrogen atoms, reaching a data density a thousand times greater than commercially available magnetic and solid-state drives.

SD Express will initially be found in SDUC, SDXC and SDHC memory cards

Mobile Technology

SD Express boosts memory card capacity to 128 TB

The SD Association, the non-profit organization responsible for setting SD memory card standards, today announced the latest iteration of the popular SD memory card. SD Express brings a maximum data transfer rate of 985 MB/s, and increases maximum storage capacity to a capacious 128 TB.

Massive Attach's third studio album will celebrate its 20th birthday by being miniaturized and stored in DNA

Music

Massive Attack's landmark album to be coded in DNA

British electronic music icon Massive Attack is marking the 20th anniversary of the release of its most successful album – Mezzanine – by having it stored in DNA molecules. Digital audio will be translated into genetic code and stored in DNA strands housed in tiny glass beads.

Lead researcher Shencheng Fu conducts experiments on a new film that can store data as 3D holograms

Materials

Holographic data storage could cram 1,000 DVDs onto a 4-in square film

A team of Chinese scientists has developed a new nanoparticle-based film that can store information as 3D holograms, improving data density, read and write speeds and stability in harsh conditions.

The new record for world's largest SSD has been set with a capacity of 100 TB

Computers

Nimbus Data launches world's largest SSD with 100 terabyte capacity

Last month Samsung revealed its latest record-breaking large capacity solid state drive cramming 30 TB into a 2.5-inch drive format unit. Now Nimbus Data has quickly smashed Samsung’s benchmark launching the ExaDrive DC100 – a 3.5 inch SSD drive unit with a massive 100 TB capacity.