Yottabyte

Multiples of bytes
Decimal
Value Metric
1000 kB kilobyte
10002 MB megabyte
10003 GB gigabyte
10004 TB terabyte
10005 PB petabyte
10006 EB exabyte
10007 ZB zettabyte
10008 YB yottabyte
Binary
Value IEC JEDEC
1024 KiB kibibyte KB kilobyte
10242 MiB mebibyte MB megabyte
10243 GiB gibibyte GB gigabyte
10244 TiB tebibyte –
10245 PiB pebibyte –
10246 EiB exbibyte –
10247 ZiB zebibyte –
10248 YiB yobibyte –
Orders of magnitude of data

The yottabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix yotta indicates multiplication by the eighth power of 1000 or 1024 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore one yottabyte is one septillion (one long scale quadrillion) bytes. The unit symbol for the yottabyte is YB.

1 YB = 10008bytes = 1024bytes = 1000000000000000000000000bytes = 1000zettabytes = 1trillionterabytes

A related unit, the yobibyte (YiB), using a binary prefix, is equal to 10248bytes.

Examples

In 2010, it was estimated that storing a yottabyte on terabyte-size disk drives would require one billion city block-size data-centers, as big as the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.[1] By late 2016 memory density had increased to the point where a yottabyte could be stored on SD cards occupying roughly twice the size of the Hindenburg.[2]

With recently demonstrated technology using DNA computing for storage, one yottabyte of capacity would require a volume between 0.003 and 1 cubic meter, depending on number of redundant backup copies desired and the storage density: "Our genetic code packs billions of gigabytes into a single gram".[3] DNA is much more advanced technology than microSDXC cards (for this application) and accompanied by uncertain costs, but this suggests potential information density.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Diaz, Jesus (7 Jun 2010). "The One Hundred Trillion Dollars Hard Drive". Gizmodo. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  3. ↑ "DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive". August 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Yottabyte DNA. Database of the New Age". August 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014.
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