Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/28

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Subject: Re: Digital storage???
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 19:38:37 -0500

Bill,

I believe the "what is after Terabytes" is Petabytes. This is about how
much information passes through the internet lately in what period of time
I have forgotten.

Steve

At 01:32 PM 11/28/97, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Right you are, of course. A friend who retired from Kodak R&D told me that
>for years now they've had the capability of writing digital data accurately
>_on the molecular level_! (How many molecules on the surface of a CD
>platter?) The problem, he said, is manufacturing a drive that can _read_ it
>back accurately, and pricing such a drive at anywhere near an affordable
>level. Makes sense to me.
>
>So what's the next word after terabyte (1000 terabytes)? My vote is for
>gazigabyte, but I'm  sure someone already has something more technical and
>rational -- and boring -- ready to go. Anyone? (I've been asking my
>computer science colleagues for a while, and no one has had an answer yet.)
>
>And dinner was wonderful, sans turkey or tofu, but with an array of
>delightful dishes and loved ones around the table. Hope yours was and is
>too, whether or not you celebrate this US holiday.
>
>cheers
>Bill
>
>>Here in Silicon Valley, numerous storage manufacturers (Conners, Segate,
>>etc.) are nearly ready to introduce TeraByte disk drives. And within
>>another couple of years, terabyte drives will be small enough to fit in
>>notebook computers. A terabyte is 1000 gigabytes (10 to the 12th power
>>bytes. A trillion bytes). Within five years, storage methods, whether on
>>media, silicon, or organic in nature, will surpass anything you can
>>presently fathom. As digital technology progresses, receptors become higher
>>in resolution and faster, lossless compression and massive storage will
>>progress as well. The need for something fuels the fire to develop it.
>
>>Hope all you USA LUGgers had your fill of either Turkey or Tofurkey.
>
>Bill Barrett
>St. Louis
>barrettb@webster.edu (preferred address for personal mail)
>http://www.webster.edu/~barrettb
>
>