A salty tale: Table salt multiplies hard disk space six times

[cranioscopical]

Table salt multiplies hard disk space six times

I wonder just how many new mechanical drives will be required by the time 2016 rolls around.

[tslim]

Even if that is true, it is too late a good news.
I think in few years to come, mechanical HDD is going to phase out, all of us will be using SSD

[f0dder]

I think in few years to come, mechanical HDD is going to phase out, all of us will be using SSD.

Requires some breakthrough in solid-state memory technology - it's still way too expensive, and there's limits to how cheap the current tech can get just through economy of scale. There's a lot of research going on, but I'd guess mechanical disks are going to be used a fairly long time yet.

[Deozaan]

Even if that is true, it is too late a good news.
I think in few years to come, mechanical HDD is going to phase out, all of us will be using SSD

I thought we were going to be using holographic storage^w. . . But I guess that's probably just the future of optical media (successor of Blu-Ray?).

[cranioscopical]

Requires some breakthrough in solid-state memory technology - it's still way too expensive

It is coming down in price reasonably quickly. Round here a 240GB SSD runs just under $300. Not cheap but not prohibitive either. Breakthroughs like Graphene unlock huge potential.

[daddydave]

I'm going to hold out for bacterial hard drive storage. That way, the hard drive capacity just keeps growing exponentially!

[rgdot]

Call me when computers and hard drives are neural interfaces 

[Stoic Joker]

I'm going to hold out for bacterial hard drive storage. That way, the hard drive capacity just keeps growing exponentially!

Hm... I'm not sure I'd want to try getting a virus out of a bacterial hard drive. ...But it could make for some interesting discussions:
I've got 17TB of fully redundant storage, and a runny nose.
So doc the computer BSOD's everytime I cough ... What'd we get now??
The wife cleaned my office with lysol, now all my data 's gone!

[cranioscopical]

I'm not sure I'd want to try getting a virus out of a bacterial hard drive.

Some manufacturers are keeping up. Coming soon the WD Black... death.

[4wd]

I'm going to hold out for bacterial hard drive storage. That way, the hard drive capacity just keeps growing exponentially!

He's not my identical twin, that's my cloned drive.