News Breakthrough Allows for Mass Production of 25 Exabyte 2-Inch Diamond Wafers

[Admin]

The 2-inch Kenzan Diamond wafers are expected to be commercialized in 2023, with 4-inch diamond wafers already in development.

Breakthrough Allows for Mass Production of 25 Exabyte 2-Inch Diamond Wafers : Read more

 

[gggplaya]

No mention of long term storage? Can this be used to archive data? Companies want a good way to store their data for hundreds of years, current long term media is very limited in storage capacity.

 

[MasterMadBones]

The difference between 2 inches and 55mm is quite significant. Which is it?

 

[GoatGuy]

55 ÷ 25.4 = 2⅙ inches versus 2 inches
Not very significant.

 

[Giroro]

Why does Quantum computing need so much storage?
Is Quantum storage different than regular storage?
Can this technology be used for regular computer storage?
What is the storage density/capacity of a silicon wafer of this size?
What kind of storage is this? ReWritable? WORM?

 

[Mandark]

lol, great now they can store all mobile network traffic every day for eternity... big brother is watching--and will be watching even more now with this tech

 

[jkflipflop98]

A couple of my engineers were messing around a while back with a atomic layer deposition tool in the factory and they managed to make a massive 12 inch diamond that was atomically perfect.

 

[hermitboy]

The difference between 2 inches and 55mm is quite significant. Which is it?

The difference comes from the fact that the previous versions could only be 4mm - the 2" listed is said to be 55mm

So the comparison is between 4mm and 55mm, not 2" and 55mm (which is functionally equal)

 

[rockerrb3]

This is truly a big breakthrough!

 

[RodroX]

Why does Quantum computing need so much storage?
Is Quantum storage different than regular storage?
Can this technology be used for regular computer storage?
What is the storage density/capacity of a silicon wafer of this size?
What kind of storage is this? ReWritable? WORM?

Probably because of the amount of data it can process in time. You will need a huge chunk of storage to feed new data to the quantum processor.

But Im not expert, so perhaps someone else can share more accurate info/explanation.

 

[MasterMadBones]

So the comparison is between 4mm and 55mm, not 2" and 55mm (which is functionally equal)

It's a near 10% difference. In no situation is that functionally equal in engineering terms.

 

[JazzMan4321]

55 ÷ 25.4 = 2⅙ inches versus 2 inches
Not very significant.

I wondered where you went. A pleasant surprise to see you on here. Next Big Future is not the same.

 

[hermitboy]

It's a near 10% difference. In no situation is that functionally equal in engineering terms.

Okay, my bad - I wasn't reading this from an engineering perspective. I don't deal in conversions very often so I took the provided conversion at face value. (blame me for assuming the article got it correct and thought that 2" = ~55mm.... not realizing the 2" = 50.8mm...)

So... did they just dumb it down to much for those like me, where the old attempts were ~55mm, and figured most people would be fine reading 2" instead of 2.17" ?