Comments on: Single Atom Serves as World’s Smallest Magnet and Data Storage Device – IEEE Spectrum https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/03/08/single-atom-serves-as-worlds-smallest-magnet-and-data-storage-device-ieee-spectrum/ All about electronics and circuit design Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/03/08/single-atom-serves-as-worlds-smallest-magnet-and-data-storage-device-ieee-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-1540128 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:53:37 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=53308#comment-1540128 IBM Researchers Prove It Is Possible To Store Data In a Single Atom
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In an experiment published today in Nature, IBM researchers have managed to read and write data to a single atom. A previous atomic storage technique, as mentioned by TechCrunch, doesn’t actually store data in the atom, but moves them around to form readable patterns. “This means that imbuing individual atoms with a 0 or 1 is the next major step forward and the next major barrier in storing data digitally, both increasing capacity by orders of magnitude and presenting a brand new challenge to engineers and physicists,” reports TechCrunch.

Storing data in a single atom proved possible by IBM researchers
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/08/storing-data-in-a-single-atom-proved-possible-by-ibm-researchers/

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