{"id":6128,"date":"2010-01-22T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ibm-sets-magnetic-tape-data-density-record-35tb-of-storage-storage\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:58:00","slug":"ibm-sets-magnetic-tape-data-density-record-35tb-of-storage-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/ibm-sets-magnetic-tape-data-density-record-35tb-of-storage-storage.php","title":{"rendered":"IBM Sets Magnetic Tape Data Density Record: 35TB of Storage [Storage]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/ibm_magnetic_tape.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ff628_500x_ibm_magnetic_tape.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>IBM and Fujifilm have spent the last three years working to improve <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #magnetictape\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/magnetictape\/\">magnetic tape<\/a> <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #datadensity\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/datadensity\/\">data density<\/a>, and the result is a prototype with a density of 29.5 billion bits per square inch&mdash;enough to hold 35TB of data.<\/p><p>That's about 39 times the areal data density of today's best products and 44 times the capacity of today's IBM LTO Generation 4 cartridge. Plus, tape has cost advantage over flash and HDD, which makes it an attractive option for businesses that need to store large amounts of data. <strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IBMResearchZurich#p\/a\/u\/0\/z2w-pzMjpx0\">video discussing the achievement<\/a> has been made available. 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