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12 atoms is the quantity used to store a single bit (~100 atoms / byte) near absolute zero. As usual that important nugget was buried in the middle of the artic
by srl 15y ago
12 atoms is the quantity used to store a single bit (~100 atoms / byte) near absolute zero. As usual that important nugget was buried in the middle of the article; just reading the first 3 paragraphs, one would think they had fit an entire floppy into 12 atoms.
- rosser 15y agoI'm not sure how you got that impression. I only skimmed the article, and picked up the one bit per 12 atoms detail, thinking, "Well, it's not quite memory diamond, but it's as close as we've ever come."