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"The Mountain" from Game of Thrones sets world record by deadlifting 996 pounds of SSDs | Who knew 283PB of storage could weigh so much

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the actor who played the hulking character "The Mountain" in Game of Thrones, achieved an astonishing feat at the SC24 conference in Atlanta this...

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the actor who played the hulking character "The Mountain" in Game of Thrones, achieved an astonishing feat at the SC24 conference in Atlanta this week. The total weight of the lift was 996 pounds, including a reinforced metal bar, specially designed silver dollar boxes, and the mammoth collection of Phison's cutting-edge Pascari D205V PCIe Gen5 122.88TB solid-state drives. Still, the accomplishment highlights a different kind of achievement: The fact that those 122.88TB SSDs weigh less than half a pound each - as calculated by the math whizzes over at Tom's Hardware - is a testament to the immense engineering feats behind today's highest-capacity drives.

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