msnbc.com | Tiny hard drive stores a bit with 12 atoms msnbc.com By John Roach Twelve atoms are all that's required to store a bit of computer code – a 1 or 0, according to a new discovery that probes the limit of classical data storage. Computer hard drives on the market today use more than a million atoms to store ... Smaller Magnetic Materials Push Boundaries of Nanotechnology World's Smallest Memory Bit Stores Data Using Just 12 Atoms IBM scientists create smallest magnetic memory bit with 12 atoms |