Computers: The art of magnetic writing

August 01, 2011

Miniaturization in computer hard drives allows us to store vast amounts of digital data in a very small space, but it has created numerous problems that physicists and engineers are struggling to solve. The process of writing information on tiny magnetic bits one by one, as fast as possible, and with little energy consumption, represents one of the biggest hurdles in this field. Now, scientists in Europe have discovered a new method to write magnetic data that fulfills all of these requirements.

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801105642.htm