It seems like every couple of years I see an article about a new high
density optical format. Then they don't make it to the marketplace. I
think it has something to do with resistance from the music & movie
business over piracy concerns. But anyway, I have learned not to get too
excited until a product is actually available for purchase.
On 07/11/13 18:47, Scott Classen wrote:
I stumbled across this interesting abstract today, and though I'd rekindle the
perennial data storage debate on ccp4bb.
Apparently these researchers have figured out a way to store 360TB of data on a "disc"
(not sure of the actual dimensions). The memory crystal should have a thermal stability of 1000ºC
and the data should remain readable "forever".
Here is the news release:
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/jul/13_131.shtml
and a PDF abstract from the recent Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
(CLEO’13) in San Jose:
http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/fileadmin/downloads/5D_Data_Storage_by_Ultrafast_Laser_Nanostructuring_in_Glass.pdf
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