Physicists Claim Breakthrough in Ultra-Fast Data Access

[HardOCP News]

Physicists say they have developed a way to use lasers to accelerate storage and retrieval of data on hard drive by up to 100,000 times.

In a study published in the specialist journal Nature Physics, a team led by Jean-Yves Bigot of the Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry in Strasbourg employed a "femtosecond" laser, using ultra-fast bursts of laser light, to alter electron spin and thus speed up retrieval and storage. "Our method is called the photonics of spin, because it is photons [particles of light] that modify the state of the electrons' magnetisation" on the storage surface.

 

[GJSNeptune]

Bring it on!

 

[GJSNeptune]

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In a study published in the specialist journal Nature Physics, a team led by Jean-Yves Bigot of the Institute of Materials Physics and Chemistry in Strasbourg employed a "femtosecond" laser, using ultra-fast bursts of laser light, to alter electron spin and thus speed up retrieval and storage.

 

[Lebowski]

It's great and all, but when will they be able to shrink it down and make it affordable? There's tons of great tech out there for making things faster, but the price to do so is astronomical.

 

[Joe Average]

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Ladies must love a guy with a last name pronounced Big-Ohhhh... hehehe

 

[BloodyIron]

Ladies must love a guy with a last name pronounced Big-Ohhhh... hehehe

Let me show you my Oh face?

 

[BloodyIron]

This just in! The LHC might be operational some day!

 

[Kristofff]

Inb4 this thread turns into a "show me when its done " circle-jerk.

 

[spacetrader]

it will never happen in a house

 

[Wolfie]

cool next gen HD p0rn with higher speed access.


or something like that.

 

[spacetrader]

HD porn can be pretty awful

 

[guitarslingerchris]

HD porn can be pretty awful

I require proof.

 

[Rofl-Mic-Lofl]

I require proof.

Two words: Pimply asses

 

[R0N1]

There's always someone who would still enjoy. I would also after some drinks.

 

[KaiserWarrior]

I require proof.

Realizing that even airbrushed porn stars have flaws is a big shock to a lot of people that have never seen a real woman.

 

[Kristofff]

Realizing that even airbrushed porn stars have flaws is a big shock to a lot of people that have never seen a real woman.

Iceburnnn

 

[Ockie]

100k times faster, faster than what? Faster than the consumer, enterprise, or current fastest?

 

[stop!theradio]

100k times faster, faster than what? Faster than the consumer, enterprise, or current fastest?

Well, 100,000 times faster than ANY of those is damn fast...so I'm going with "um, does it matter?"

 

[radioactivez0r]

Sometimes I wonder if the best use of a physicist's time is figuring out faster ways of accessing data.

 

[Shlomo]

it will never happen in a house

Yeah, same with those pesky server room 1940's calculators.

 

[SpeedRunner]

HD porn can be pretty awful

False.

Wait, what kind of porn have you been looking at?

 

[SamuraiInBlack]

False.

Wait, what kind of porn have you been looking at?

+1. Some damn fine women in pr0n.

On topic, this is neat and all, but until it hits the everyday consumer, it really won't mean much for most of us.

 

[Righty]

I require proof.

Cottage cheese also, its a fine line, to much rez and it can be ugly, to little sucks as well.

 

[Mr. Bluntman]

This just in! The LHC might be operational some day!

And it will accidentally the whole planet. No, really. The whole thing.

 

[srangara]

Sometimes I wonder if the best use of a physicist's time is figuring out faster ways of accessing data.

Physics with an application? As opposed to the scores of physicists trying to prove/disprove string theory? I would say so, yes.

And it will accidentally the whole planet. No, really. The whole thing.

Yes, it would be a terrible thing for the whole planet to suddenly.

 

[Phantoms]

This looks much faster and not only that, can be used in place of ram, rom and HDs. Use electrons as storage and move them along nano size wires with the read/write heads remaining still. I hope it comes to fruition.

 

[Rahburt-33]

Its still going to be a long time before the tech is incorporated into household computers. Im going to give it 30 years

 

[AVT]

Oh yeah. Top 10 best last name ever.

Not bad, but not as good as a guy named Long Dong (Vietnamese, IIRC).

 

[Kristofff]

Sometimes I wonder if the best use of a physicist's time is figuring out faster ways of accessing data.

Newsflash! Physicists aren't jacks of all trades. Same reason your dentist isn't doing brain surgery.