'New approach' to increase data storage capabilities
22 Aug 2008
New developments in storage technology could herald a new generation of disks with high-density capacity, it has been asserted.
A study conducted by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centre has revealed that self-assembling block copolymers are able to create efficient storage media quickly and more cheaply than existing processes.
Richard New, director of research at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, comments: "This research addresses one of the most significant challenges to delivering patterned media - the mass production of patterned disks in high volume, at a reasonable cost."
The researchers suggest that any such advancements may be able to be used to create either higher-volume or smaller-sized storage devices in the future, continuing a 30-year trend of miniaturisation.
ZDNet previously suggested that smaller disks are "very good things" for data centres due to their typical greater input-output rates per unit investment into power, cooling and volume..
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