Chemists Report the Creation of Large-Scale Molecular Memory

A team of UCLA and California Institute of Technology chemists has created an ultra-dense memory device that stores information using reconfigurable molecular switches. The 20 kilobyte memory device has a bit density of 100 gigabit per square centimeter and has enough capacity to store the Declaration of Independence with space left over. The accomplishment represents an important step toward the creation of molecular computers that are much smaller and could be more powerful than today’s silicon-based computers.

This type of memory has many benefits, the primary one being that the amount of data you could store would be -huge-. Aside from that though, it would even offer defect tolerance, where if a nanowire were to break, the rest of the data would remain in tact. It’s still early in development, but this is going to be a good one to keep an eye on.

Source: Daily Tech