MadSci Network: Computer Science |
Hi Linda, There are some very interesting breakthroughs that may give some insight as to what types of memory will be used in the future. The latest is that of Holographic Memory. This is something that is being persued at the present. There was a recent article in Fox News about this. Here is the link address http://foxnews.com/vtech/030200/holog.sml Another means will be the use of Nanotechnology. There are great strides being made in this area also. This is where you will get down to the Molecular level which has the capability of storing Terabites of information on a extremely small space no larger than the period that I will end this sentence with.
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