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> However, storage is one-dimensional --- you can only read data sequentially from memory or disk in one dimension. Is anyone aware of 2-dimensional storage ha
by breck 6y ago
> However, storage is one-dimensional --- you can only read data sequentially from memory or disk in one dimension.
Is anyone aware of 2-dimensional storage hardware?
- doomrobo 6y agoIn hard drives, reading off a single track is the fastest op, and reading off of sequential tracks is the next fastest op. I’d count that as a feature of the 2d geometry of the disk
- freeone3000 6y agoI'm aware of three-dimensional storage hardware, but only at archival speeds. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage (It's so-called five dimensional because you have polarization angle and color in addition to physical position)