August 4, 2005

Random factoid of the day: 222 years till Universe-sized hard drive-- Media Technology --

Another back-of-the-envelope calculation, inspired by a comment by my friend Beemer:

Atoms in the Universe: 1079
Bits on this year's largest hard drive: 500GB = 4 x 1012 bits
Doubling time for hard drives: 1 year

Years before a single hard drive will store 1 bit for every atom in the Universe at current doubling rates: 222

Warning: past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Posted by bug to Media Technology at August 4, 2005 10:12 AM | TrackBack
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