IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

NEW YORK, United States - Two photos show a new data storage medium developed by International Business Machines Corp. IBM said June 11 the storage medium is dense enough to fit 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp, 20 times greater than the densest magnetic storage now available. Its research project code-named ''Millipede'' is like a nanotechnology version of old-fashioned punch-card data processing developed more than 110 years ago. However, Millipede media are rewriteable and may be able to store more than 3 billion bits of data in the space occupied by just one hole in a standard punch card, IBM said.

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  • ILEA000013360
  • Registered date
  • 2002/6/12 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • Media size
  • 1128 × 1741 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 584.62(KB)*
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    IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

    IBM 'Millipede' fits 25 mil. pages on stamp-sized medium

    NEW YORK, United States - Two photos show a new data storage medium developed by International Business Machines Corp. IBM said June 11 the storage medium is dense enough to fit 25 million printed textbook pages on a surface the size of a postage stamp, 20 times greater than the densest magnetic storage now available. Its research project code-named ''Millipede'' is like a nanotechnology version of old-fashioned punch-card data processing developed more than 110 years ago. However, Millipede media are rewriteable and may be able to store more than 3 billion bits of data in the space occupied by just one hole in a standard punch card, IBM said.