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To: Zencone who wrote (4004)	4/21/1998 4:39:00 AM
From: Keith Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4335

<<Stephen Chou, at the University of Minnesota, has created discs that can store 400GB of information! A data mold of microscopic grooves is stamped onto a penny-sized polymer. The data bits are 10 nanometers wide and 40 nanometers apart. A tiny vibrating silicon needle is used to read data. As the needle gets closer to the surface the atomic interaction changes the vibrating frequency of the needle. By interpreting the change a computer can read the surface of the disc. An actual player still needs to be built. Professor Chou's penny-sized CD could hold 5 hours worth of video!>> Sounds like a record player to me. Lots of issues with flatness of disk, particulates etc. A good idea in theory maybe, but in practise? KA.