I doubt it. The article makes this sound pretty specific to producing the magnetic disks used in hard drives. I don't see any reason why this would also work for silicon processes.
All things being equal. But that's the question -- is there something we are missing?
I was surprised this would not be mentioned as a feature, for example, if it were true. But there is only this remark at the end:
“One challenge is to achieve long-range order using copolymers without defects over large areas,” he says. With millions of data-storing dots on a disk’s platter, error rates must be very low to avoid significant numbers of them being positioned incorrectly.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 19.4 ms ] threadAt some stage, storage density is not per-se the only issue. Speed, energy efficiency, error rates etc. are now to the fore in alot of places.
I was surprised this would not be mentioned as a feature, for example, if it were true. But there is only this remark at the end:
“One challenge is to achieve long-range order using copolymers without defects over large areas,” he says. With millions of data-storing dots on a disk’s platter, error rates must be very low to avoid significant numbers of them being positioned incorrectly.