Articles tagged with Data Storage
A new, environmentally-friendly electronic alloy consisting of 50 aluminum atoms bound to 50 atoms of antimony may be promising for building next-generation 'phase-change' memory devices. The material has high thermal stability and can store three bits of data in a single memory cell.
The University of Southern Denmark has established a new Center for Bioanalytical Sciences with funding from the VILLUM Foundation. The center will support interdisciplinary biological research using advanced equipment and computational platforms.
Scientists at TUM have found that magnetic monopoles can erase data in magnetic vortices, called skyrmions. This discovery has the potential to create extremely compact and long-lived storage media with significantly reduced power consumption.
Researchers at UC Davis have developed a new method to create iron-platinum alloys with tailored magnetic properties, making them ideal for future magnetic recording technologies. The alloys retain information even at small nanomagnet sizes and are resistant to heat effects.
ReRAM cells exhibit battery voltage properties, violating traditional memristor theory. Researchers reveal new insights into the electrochemical components, enabling optimized design and potential new applications
Researchers study terrestrial water storage data to predict fire activity in the Amazon region months in advance. They find that during high fire years, water storage is below average before the fire season, while in low fire years, it is above average before the dry season.
Researchers have designed a special material interface that enhances the functionality of non-silicon-based electronic devices, such as RAM and nanoelectronic components. The new method combines ferroelectric tunneling with magnetic tunnel junctions, resulting in a quaternary-state device with improved switching and storage power.
Electrical engineers have discovered a way to use high-frequency sound waves to enhance magnetic storage, offering a new approach to improve data storage. The technology uses ultrasound to create elasticity in magnetic materials, allowing for reliable data storage without concerns around heating.
Researchers at TUM and PSI have developed a method to visualize material fluctuations and nanostructures using X-ray microscopy. This technique relaxes the hard restrictions of immobility required for high-quality imaging, enabling the visualization of previously inaccessible objects.
Researchers have developed a new method to produce molecular magnets, which could lead to the creation of smaller, more efficient storage media and processors. The new system exploits the interactions between molecules and their substrate, enabling magnetic states to be selectively switched on and off using magnetic fields.
University of Granada researchers have developed an Advanced Random Access Memory (A-RAM) device that overcomes miniaturization challenges in DRAM cells, enabling long retention times and low battery consumption. The innovation has been patented and demonstrated experimentally, with companies like Samsung and Hynix showing interest.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a new technology that aims to make terabyte storage cheaper and easier. They use similar optical data storage technology as commercially available Blu-ray discs but write data in dozens of layers instead of two or four, resulting in lower manufacturing costs.
Researchers at MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics found that a logarithmic scale is optimal for minimizing relative error in human sensory perception and memory. This aligns with natural human instinct to represent numbers logarithmically, particularly when storing data in memory or compressing stimuli.
A research team at Intel Corp. has developed a long-lasting ultrahigh-density probe storage device by coating probe tips with a thin metal film, reducing wear and increasing the device's lifetime to over 8 kilometers. The device features an array of 5,000 ultrasharp probes that write tiny bits of memory as small as a few nanometers.
Researchers predict increased likelihood of large-volume lava flows and phreatomagmatic eruptions at Yellowstone National Park along three NNW-trending fault lines. Geochemistry suggests rapid magma ascent without storage, supporting a higher probability of future volcanism along these regions.
Physicists from the University of Southampton used Diamond Light Source's new I10 Beamline to search for 'hidden magnetic states' in exchange-spring magnets. They have identified at least three different classes of these states, which could provide important confirmation of a theoretical model.
Researchers encoded George Church's book 'Regenesis' in DNA using novel strategy and next-generation sequencing technology. The team stored 54,898 unique DNA sequences, each with an address to guide reassembly, for a total of 70 billion copies.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have discovered that magnetic vortex formations in ferromagnetic nanodisks exhibit asymmetric behavior, breaking the symmetry required for vortex-based data storage devices. This finding challenges the potential application of these vortices in non-volatile Random Access Memory (RAM) systems.
Researchers create SSDAlloc, allowing companies to substitute solid state memory for RAM, reducing energy consumption by up to 90% and costs. The new technology enables faster retrieval speeds of flash memory, bypassing traditional storage system bottlenecks.
Researchers mapped ferroelectric structural distortions in individual nanocrystals using the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope. The study indicates that a monodomain ferroelectric state remains stable down to dimensions of less than 10 nanometers, and room-temperature polarization flipping was demonstrated down to ...
Researchers at Kiel University have successfully switched the magnetism of individual molecules using electrons, paving the way for molecular data storage. The study, published in Angewandte Chemie, demonstrates the technical feasibility of storing information in a single molecule.
A synthetic compound's unique spin arrangement makes it a promising material for non-magnetic information storage. Researchers employed resonant x-ray scattering to study its structure at 227K, revealing a tetrahedral network with opposing spins that cancel each other out.
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a method to repeatedly encode, store and erase digital data within the DNA of living cells. This breakthrough enables the creation of a binary digit equivalent to a 'bit' in data parlance.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new phase-change memory alloy that can store more data, last longer and work faster than current materials. The breakthrough could lead to the development of more efficient computer systems, movie discs and other data storage media.
Researchers at MIT have developed a technique to mitigate side-channel attacks, which can steal computer secrets by analyzing time it takes for a computer to store data or measure its power consumption. This approach obscures computational details, making it difficult for attackers to infer information about the program.
Researchers created a new electronic memory technology using nanodots, achieving faster data writing and erasing than mainstream charge-storage memory products. The system uses discrete silicon nanodots to store and remove charges, enabling quick and simple data operations.
Scientists create magnetic valve using spintronics to stabilize data storage in MRAM. The spin-valve concept enables controlled lifetime of stored information, increasing overall life expectancy.
Fraunhofer researchers have developed the Cloud Control Center to provide global monitoring of cloud services and assess their security. The control center provides administrators with a customizable dashboard to track key figures and establish meaningful status reports about the entire cloud system.
Researchers from IBM and CFEL built a nanometre data storage unit with 96 atoms, storing a byte in as few as 8 pairs of atom rows. The device uses antiferromagnetism to pack bits closer together, enabling higher storage density.
A team of Pitt researchers has successfully developed a new memory technology that combines fast retrieval with large storage space, drastically reducing power consumption. The innovation leads to an eight-fold reduction in power cost, making it possible for data centers to store massive amounts of data while minimizing energy usage.
Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum demonstrated spin pumping effect in magnetic layers using ultrafast X-ray scattering. This behavior is crucial for magnetic sensors in hard disk read heads and data storage.
Digital waste in computers can deplete storage space and slow down systems. Researchers suggest a five-tier pyramid of options to curb the clutter: reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, and dispose. By applying real-world trash management tactics, computers can be cleansed of unnecessary data.
A new computer program aims to create tailored health systems for individuals, providing doctors with instant access to patients' medical history and genetic information. This will enable quick and accurate diagnoses, reducing the risk of deadly side effects from wrongly prescribed medicines.
Scientists at KIT's Institute of Nanotechnology create a nano-switch that does not consist of metals or oxides but entirely of soft materials like carbon nanotubes and molecules. The component can be electrically read out, opening up new possibilities for spintronics.
A new phase-change memory-based 'Moneta' system offers unprecedented performance, with read speeds up to seven times faster than current SSDs. The device uses PCM technology to store data in a metal alloy, providing lower latency and reduced energy requirements for high-performance computing applications.
A team of French researchers has discovered a method to double the areal density of information by stacking magnetic media in a three-dimensional tower structure. This innovative approach enables greater data storage capacity, overcoming physical limits imposed by current technology.
Researchers have discovered a new phenomenon that enables ultrafast magnetic reversal, which could lead to significantly faster data storage. The study found that certain atoms can reverse their magnetization in as little as 300 femtoseconds, making it possible for magnetic memory to operate at terahertz speeds.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a tiny device that improves on existing forms of memory storage by using a mechanical arm to translate data into electrical signals. This allows for much faster operation and reduced energy consumption compared to conventional methods.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new device that can perform both volatile and nonvolatile memory operations. This technology could allow computers to start more quickly and reduce power consumption in server farms.
Scientists have made significant progress toward creating ultra-high-density storage devices capable of storing more than 6,000 Terabits of data on a single disc. Using laser-assisted ultrafast magnetization reversal dynamics, researchers achieved sub-nanosecond recording times.
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new class of phase-change materials, BEANs, that can switch between crystalline and amorphous states in nanoseconds. These nano-sized particles have the potential to revolutionize data storage and optical data storage technologies.
Scientists at Tohoku University have recorded data at a world-record density of 4 trillion bits per square inch using the ferroelectric data storage method. This density is eight times that of today's most advanced magnetic hard-disk drives.
Researchers from Ohio State University have achieved the highest-resolution MRI scan of a magnet, revealing its magnetic properties at the nanoscale. This breakthrough could lead to advancements in data storage and biomedical imaging, as well as more efficient computer chips and devices.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach that allows hard-to-parallelize applications to run in parallel, enabling up to 20% speed increase. This breakthrough technique breaks down programs into threads, utilizing multiple cores efficiently.
Researchers have discovered that heat can aid in low-power data storage by harnessing random thermal motions. This breakthrough could lead to magnetic memory that operates at significantly lower power than conventional devices.
A new magnetic tuning method has been developed to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives. The method, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, enables writing, storage, and readout at a fixed temperature by tuning the softness of the magnet with an external magnetic field.
Engineers at North Carolina State University created a new material that can store equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far exceeding current computer memory systems. This breakthrough process also shows promise for boosting fuel economy and reducing heat in semiconductors.
Physicists at ETH Zurich have successfully manipulated molecules of hydrogen using electric fields, leveraging the shape of nanoscopic magnetic islands for control. This breakthrough enables new dimensions of control in magnetic device design and could revolutionize data storage.
PortLand is a fault-tolerant, layer 2 data center network fabric capable of scaling to 100,000 nodes and beyond. It provides baseline support for virtual machines and migration while reducing administrative overhead, and leverages multipath routing and improved fault tolerance.
A recent study using satellite data has found that groundwater in northern India has been receding by up to 1 foot per year over the past decade, primarily due to human consumption for irrigation. This depletion poses a significant threat to the region's agricultural output, potable water supplies, and social stability.
The Kadoorie Biobank Study in China has received a £2.5 million funding boost to monitor the health of over 500,000 participants aged 35-74 for decades to come. This study will provide valuable insights into environmental and genetic causes of common conditions in China.
Researchers have found surprisingly strong long-range effects in certain electromagnetic nanostructures, which could add new challenges to the design of future ultra-high density data storage devices. The effects extend tens of nanometers and even up to 10 micrometers away from the antiferromagnetic material.
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a new ultra-dense memory chip that can store up to one trillion bits per square inch and retain data for over a billion years. The chip uses a crystalline iron nanoparticle shuttle enclosed within a multiwalled carbon nanotube.
Researchers have discovered a novel method to create ferroelectric crystals on silicon, enabling the creation of non-volatile memory and temperature sensors. This breakthrough could lead to faster and more efficient electronics with instant-on capabilities.
Uppsala University is expanding its operations to provide researchers with a powerful system for large-scale compute and storage of data, revolutionizing biomedical research on public-health disorders. The new technology will help identify mutations that cause disease and develop targeted drugs.
Researchers at University of California, Berkeley and University of Massachusetts Amherst developed a new technique to self-assemble nanoscale elements, enabling densities 15 times higher than previous methods. This approach could lead to improved data storage capacity and energy-efficient applications.
Physicists at UC Davis developed a technique to capture the magnetic structures of nanostructures buried within electronic devices, enabling new information storage and retrieval methods. This breakthrough enhances spintronics-based technology and facilitates probing variations in physical systems.
A blue ribbon task force has issued its interim report, highlighting the need for sustainable economic models to provide access to growing amounts of digital information. The report identifies systemic challenges, including inadequate funding models, confusion among stakeholders, and a lack of incentives for collaboration.
The new system, AMSTAR, will provide NCAR with up to 30 petabytes of storage capacity and enable scientists to conduct increasingly sophisticated computer studies of Earth's climate. The system is based on the Sun StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library and will allow NCAR to store its valuable scientific data for the next 15-20 years.
Carbon nanotubes are used to create a non-volatile memory cell with high speed and low power consumption. The new technology combines the benefits of dynamic and flash memories, overcoming fundamental limits of current memory technologies.