Another barrier would be scaling the process so that the self-assembled nanoscale data grids could be stamped onto a surface automatically.

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With the fervor of a convert, he's urging utilities across the country to build data-delivery systems on their power grids.

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The great symbol of American mobility is morphing into a network device, a data-generating green machine plugged into a matrix of power grids, cloud computers and social media.

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Secondly, Cisco Extended Memory technology allows each blade server in a cluster to support more than twice as much memory as a conventional two-socket server, which makes it easier to construct grids that process terabytes of data in memory.

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