How much does a gigabyte weigh on a hard disk?

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Published on 2009-07-23T13:45:51Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 13:44 UTC
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What is the weight of a gigabyte of memory? Lets say this is on a hard disk. What is the weight associated with the atoms that are actually storing the data on the disk?

How has this value changed as densities of disks have increased?

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