[International Cooepration][Storage Tech] Taiwanese, Australian Teams Make Breakthrough in Nano Storage Research

[International Cooepration][Storage Tech] Taiwanese, Australian Teams Make Breakthrough in Nano Storage Research (Chinese Version)

CNA – Focus Taiwan (2012/09/18) A new type of nanotechnology developed by research teams at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Taiwan and Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) in Australia will make it possible to at least double data storage density, NCTU said September 18.

The new technology has improved data storage density from 1.1 terabits (Tb) per cubic centimeter to 2.75, which can allow a Blu-ray dual-layer DVD-ROM to write in 80 times its original storage capacity, said Allen LAN, who holds a doctoral degree at NCTU, at a press briefing.

A DVD-ROM using the new technology will be able to store 4 terabytes ( TB ) of data, said LAN, who went to Australia in 2011 and worked with a team led by professor Gu MIN, Director of SUT's Centre for Micro-Photonics.

One TB is equal to 1 trillion bytes, or 1,000 gigabytes ( GB ). A 50 GB Blu-ray DVD can store an eight-hour full HD movie or some 10,000 MP3-encoded songs.

The research project represents a breakthrough in the development of three-dimensional polarization engineering in nano-optics, said Chung-hao TIEN, an associate professor of photonics who supervised LAN during the project.


The results of the study were published on the website of the international scientific journal Nature Communications on August 14.


Further Information:
CNA – Focus Taiwan 2012/09/18

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