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.
Continue Reading
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.
Continue Reading
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.
Continue Reading
Integrated storage on today's smartphones can quickly fill up thanks to the stills and video capabilities of their cameras. Storage anxiety is less of a concern with phones rocking a microSD, especially if you can pop in the latest capacious card from Integral when it goes on sale next month.
Continue Reading
A breakthrough in the field of molecular data storage was recently revealed proving that high volumes of data can effectively be stored in individual molecules. This research could lead to new, high-density data storage systems that potentially hold more than 25 terabytes of data per square inch.
Continue Reading
Storing data on magnetic tape might seem antiquated, but it's still one of the most energy efficient and secure storage methods. Now, Sony and IBM Research have teamed up to break the areal density record for the medium, cramming 201 billion bits of uncompressed data into each square inch of tape.
Continue Reading
HGST has unveiled the Ultrastar He12, its latest helium-based hard drive. Cramming 12 TB of storage space into the standard 3.5-in form factor, the new drive is also faster, more energy efficient and more stable, to help businesses and data centers manage ever-increasing loads of data.
Continue Reading
If you’re a long-time iPhone or iPad user, you’ve likely run into a storage problem at some point. Short of upgrading to a larger device, here are some tips and tricks to put that pesky “storage full” notification to rest.
Continue Reading
SanDisk has a new memory card with more storage space than many computers. Parent company Western Digital announced a prototype one terabyte (TB) SDXC card at the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday.
Continue Reading
A team made up of researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington has broken a new record for DNA data storage, managing to store and retrieve 200 MB of data on strands of DNA.
Continue Reading
See the stories that matter in your inbox every morning