The DeciCube

The DeciCube is a proposed ultra storage device, capable of holding over 500 million copies of the entire 2021 Internet.

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About

Short for: The "Decillion cube"
Proposed by: Sean Patrick Myrick (@seanpm2001) on: 2022, Thursday, January 27th at 22:25:28 (10:25:28 pm PST)
Last revised on: 2024, Saturday, April 27th at 05:25 pm PST
Description: A computer that can hold at least 1 billion copies of the entire Internet (as of 2022, Thursday, January 27th) and fit inside a single datacenter, or a single 3 meter by 3 meter brick (expanded to a 30 meter by 30 meter brick, and possibly also to a 300 meter by 300 meter brick, or a 3 kilometer by 3 kilometer brick, due to logical and theoretical limitations)

Statistics

Estimated cost: at least $1b USD or: at least $1t USD (calculated with 2021 December 31st inflation levels)
Compatible file systems: ZFS, openZFS QMEFS (compatible file systems must be 128 bit or higher)
System type: Quantum computer mass/ultra storage-based device
Size: | somewhere between: 3x3x0.5 meters, and 3x3x0.5 kilometers (An actual cube would be too tall, it is more of a slab)
Compatible operating systems: Linux, UNIX-like, other ZFS/OpenZFS-compatible operating systems _(All current and past versions of Windows are not compatible as of 2022 Saturday, February 5th) #1
Storage capacity: ~500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (~500 Nonillion bytes, or ~500.00 geopbytes)
Processor type: 128x, 256x128 256x 512x256 512x 1024x512 1024x
Operating system: Ubuntu ? LTS and later Fedora ? and later Arch Linux ? and later Oracle Solaris ? and later Meadows Any other operating system that is fully compatible with a 128 bit or 256 bit file system and has the right drivers
Pairs well with: DEAD LINK CompuBunker / DEAD LINK Compunker

Portability

~~This device is expected to be extremely heavy (weighing over 1 gigaton, or 1,000,000,000 tons) and it is currently unknown how it will be moved around.~~

The device is expected to weigh well over a ton. It is essentially a 1x1 meter block of solid metal.

DCube structure

The DCube structure is the concept of the building blocks of the hardware structure. DBlocks are blocks ranging from 3 inch to 3 inch bricks to a bigger size (not yet determined)

The main structure is called the DCube. Components connecting to the device are known just as components (such as a power source)

USB

I don't know how to support USB yet. The transfer to and from the DeciCube is currently needing work.

As a max storage device

Since this technology works at the technological/theoretical limits, it is known as a max storage device. However, if we somehow end up discovering matter smaller than what we know makes up an atom and can work with it, the term ultramax, or umax is still reserved for future use.

Dropping the DeciCube

We all drop our devices at times. The DeciCube complicates things.

If even an atom slides out of place, the entire device could be corrupted beyond repair.

The DeciCube allows no mistakes

Usage

Internet

The DeciCube can hold a copy of the entire Internet, in such a small, and compact way, that it can fit inside your pocket. It is intended to be larger, but a smaller variant could definitely hold multiple copies of the entire 2024 Internet and fit in a MicroSD card slot.

Misc notes

The entire Internet, so dense and small that it can be a cloud [insanity]
The entire Internet, so dense and small, that you can fit it in your pocket

As a quantum storage device

Universal reponsibility

We need to get serious about software bloat

The big responsibility for the DeciCube is simply said: DO NOT FILL THE DECICUBE, Don't purposefully write software to fit inside as much of the cube as possible, including but not limited to: Creating Call of Duty (hundreds of gigabytes) ~~releasing 24000+ releases of a programming language like Swift for every individual change (Apple has deleted it since then, but a year ago, it was all there, and it is likely in archive somewhere)~~ making operating systems that use up 32+ gigabytes of space when much less is truly needed. Each individual entry counts, and we have to make sure the DeciCube lasts as long as possible. We can easily make the capacity last 250 years if we are just a little careful and considerate, but we should let it last over 600 years and not be careless.

Design

Form factor

Assuming a Silicon atom is the only atom used, and that 1 silicon atom is equivalent to 111 picometers (0.111 nanometers) the form factor of the Decicube is 0.111 nanometers.

Power source

Research is needed into the power consumption and demands of this project. The device will not be portable as in the sense of someone picking it up with their hands, and it will not include its own battery in the DCube structure, but may have a separate battery cube attachment.

Manufacturers

None yet. This idea needs a lot more research before it can start being manufacturered, and it will be very expensive to make.

Concerns

Due to its size and density, hardware failure is a major concern, as the device cannot be easily replaced. Even though it may cost billions or even trillions just to build 1 DeciCube, it is recommended to construct at least 3 of them, as part of the 1-2-3 rule of software backups.

Research

Technological innovations that need to come first

Over the course of the next ~500 years, many technological improvements will need to be made to the MOSFET scaling process in semiconductors in order to lay the groundwork for a maximum density storage device like the DeciCube.

The processes that need to happen first

1968 - 20 µm process
1979 - 10 µm process
1974 - 6 µm process
1977 - 3 µm process
1981 - 1.5 µm process
1984 - 1 µm process
1987 - 800 nm process
1990 - 600 nm process
1993 - 350 nm process
1996 - 250 nm process
1999 - 180 nm process
2001 - 130 nm process
2003 - 90 nm process
2005 - 65 nm process
2007 - 45 nm process
2009 - 32 nm process
2010 - 28 nm process
2012 - 22 nm process
2014 - 14 nm process
2016 - 10 nm process
2018 - 7 nm process
2020 - 5 nm process
2022 - 3 nm process (current technology level)
TBD (2024) - 2 nm process
TBD (2026) - 1 nm process
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TBD - 2 micrometer process
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TBD - 500 femtometer process
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TBD - 360 picometer process
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TBD - 60 picometer process (hypothetical) (atomic level)

Additional advances that need to be made:

Mainstream quantum computer production
Mainstream quantum minicomputer production
Mainstream quantum microcomputer production (a quantum PDA/Phone, eg: a quantum computer that can fit in your pocket)
Atom-level semiconductor construction
Other/not listed

Research regarding condensed physics

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Research regarding Fullerine carbon atoms

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Some sources

Note: need better sources

References

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"NTFS can support volumes as large as 8 petabytes on Windows Server 2019 and newer and Windows 10, version 1709 and newer (older versions support up to 256 TB)"

Source: Microsoft Server documentation

The DeciCube holds far more than 8 petabytes, and is simply not compatible for this reason. OpenZFS and ZFS are currently the only options for this hardware concept.

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Concepts

Grain of sand formula

~50,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in a grain of sand (50 quintillion atoms)
~3.8461538461538463e+18 bits in a grain of sand
1 grain of sand = 1/1000 grams
~50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in 1 gram (50 sextillion atoms)
~50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) (50 septillion atoms)
~50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in 1 megagram (~1.102 tons) (50 octillion atoms)
~50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in 1 gigagram (~1.02 megatons) (50 nonillion atoms)
~50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms in 1 teragram (~1.02 gigatons) (50 decillion atoms)

Legend

It is estimated that 1 bit of memory can fit into ~13 atoms of space, so a single byte (8 bits) can fit in ~104 atoms of space.
1 grain of sand is estimated to be 1/1000 of a gram, the largest size estimate of a grain of sand was used, as not all sand weighs the same.
1 b = 1 (one byte)
1 kb = 1k (one thousand bytes)
1 mb = 1m (one million bytes)
1 gb = 1b (one billion bytes)
1 tb = 1t (one trillion bytes)
1 pb = 1q (one quadrillion bytes)
1 exb = 1Q (one quintillion bytes)
1 zeb = 1s (one sextillion bytes)
1 yob = 1S (one septillion bytes)
1 bb = 1o (1,000 yottabytes, 1 brontobyte) (octillion)
1 gpb = 1n (1,000,000 yottabytes, 1 geopbyte) (nonillion)
1,000 gpb = 1d (1,000,000,000 yottabytes, 1,000 geopbytes) (decillion)
Megagram is a metric term I coined that adds computer analogy to expand the metric system. It is equal to 1,000 kilograms. A gigagram is equal to 1,000 megagrams.
1 Teragram is also a metric term I coined. It is equal to 1,000 gigagrams.
The term "gigaton" may not have previously existed, but is defined here as being equivalent to 1,000 megatons.
See all my improvement proposals to the Metric System at https://github.com/seanpm2001/Metric-System/tree/main/Improvements/Meters/SI_Meters

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