New Storage Device Is Very Small, at 12 Atoms
By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: January 12, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/science/smaller-magnetic-materials-push-boundaries-of-nanotechnology.html
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible.
Sebastian Loth/IBM Research-Almaden
New research findings at I.B.M. allow for miniaturized data storage in atomic-scale antiferromagnets. The binary representation of 'S' (01010011) was stored in eight iron atom arrays.
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