Look out BluRay + HD-DVD... here comes HD-VMD!

[shams]

Lost tears of Kain said:

shams said:
Just wait until millipede drives are finished and become commercially viable...

Several terabytes on the size of a DS cart...

holy shit, is that possible?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Millipede

 

http://www.geek.com/ibm-showcases-millipede-storage/

"The new approach takes advantage of the MEMS (or microelectricalmechanical systems) concept and can potentially fit over a terabit of information into one square inch of storage space, or 600,000 digital camera images/125 GB/25 DVDs on something the size of a postage stamp, in IBM’s words."

(note - article is now 3 years old...)

 

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/443/vettiger.html

("atomic force microscope (AFM)-based data storage concept called the “Millipede” that has a potentially ultrahigh density, terabit capacity, small form factor, and high data rate")

(note - article is 8 years old!)

...

Been around for a while, not sure how it is going.