Laser-switched magnetic storage is 1,000 times faster than current hard drives
Reposted from: http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.in/2012/02/laser-switched-magnetic-storage-is-1000.html
February 9, 2012 @ 11:47 am
Hold onto your hats: An international team of scientists working in England, Russia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands have completely rewritten the rules of magnetic storage. Instead of switching a magnetic region using a magnetic field (like a hard drive head), the researchers have managed to switch a ferrimagnetic nanoisland using lasers. Storing magnetic data using lasers is up to 1,000 times faster than writing to a conventional hard drive.