> scientists believe antiferromagnetic materials could be a more robust alternative to existing magnetic-based storage technologies
Scientists working on interesting anti-ferromagnetic materials need a justification for doing so under the crazy grant system we operate, more like.
The downside of antiferromagnetic data storage, or skyrmion storage, or any of the other various ideas recently, is that reading the data is very difficult even if it is present, to the point of making a real world device pretty much practically impossible. I know, I also worked on this sort of thing before leaving academia!
Scientists working on interesting anti-ferromagnetic materials need a justification for doing so under the crazy grant system we operate, more like.
The downside of antiferromagnetic data storage, or skyrmion storage, or any of the other various ideas recently, is that reading the data is very difficult even if it is present, to the point of making a real world device pretty much practically impossible. I know, I also worked on this sort of thing before leaving academia!