Does Tape Have Place in Big Data?

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Does Magnetic Tape Have a Place in the Era of Big Data? (original story from the University of Tokyo)

Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tokyo and his team have developed a magnetic material which, together with a special process to access it, can offer greater storage densities than ever. The robust nature of the material means that the data would last for longer than with other mediums, and the novel process operates at low power. As an added bonus, this system would also be very cheap to run.