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nanotimes
10-02 :: February 2010
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density of 29.5 billion bits per square inch with particle to 1600nm³, the equivalent of one-third of
magnetic tape media developed using the BaFe the current metal particle volume, uniformly disper-
particle. The demonstration points to the possibility sed and coated on a super smooth thin magnetic
of developing a single tape cartridge capable of hol- layer. This next generation version of Nanocubic
ding 35 terabytes of uncompressed data – at least 44 technology uses a new ultra-fine, perpendicularly-
times the amount of data that the current Generation oriented barium-ferrite magnetic medium that
4 LTO Ultrium data cartridge holds. enables high-density data recording without using
expensive metal sputtering or evaporation coating
Employing its advanced NANOCUBIC technology, methods. Because Fujifilm’s new technology orients
Fujifilm succeeded in micro-particulation of the BaFe the particles in a perpendicular fashion and controls
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