One Terabyte Optical Disk Developed

KingFishKingFish
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
Boffins and boffinettes at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk that can store a terabyte of data.
The Multiplexed Optical Data Storage (Mods)technology is expected to be released towards the end of 2010-155 for the home market, if the boffinettes and boffins can find backers. The Imperial researchers estimate that MODS disks would cost the same to manufacture as an ordinary DVD and will be backwards compatible with existing optical formats.
Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited September 2004
    So it'll be done between 2010 and 2155 ... interesting ;D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    I think the Phantom console has a similar release schedule.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited September 2004
    I don't think one terabyte by 2010 is too exciting. The standard by then will prolly be more like 10 terabytes for optical storage.

    KingFish
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited September 2004
    8 gigabytesish for optical storage now, CDs have been out for 20+ years now with only 700MB, that 1TB doens't seem too out of place to me
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