Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >