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Atomic-scale magnetic memory - United States

http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_computing/article/atomic_scale_memory.html The world's smallest bit Scientists from IBM Research have been investigating and controlling matter on an atomic scale for decades. So, naturally, their latest quest would involve greatly decreasing the storage capacity needed for one bit of data, which on today's computers stands at about 1 million atoms.