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
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
