G.E. puts 500GB on a disc - Blu-ray killer?
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversGeneral Electric says its researchers have achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs.
It’s merely a lab success at this stage, but the new technology is intended to work in products that can be mass-produced at affordable prices, the company says.
The New York Times reports:
But optical storage experts and industry analysts who were told of the development said it held the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses in commercial, scientific and consumer markets.
“This could be the next generation of low-cost storage,” said Richard Doherty, an analyst at Envisioneering, a technology research firm.
Can it really?
First, the facts: the G.E. researchers’ work is in the field of holographic storage, an optical process that stores 3D images and digital data together, encoding it all and placing it on light-sensitive material such as a DVD. The theory is that holographic storage has the potential to pack data far more densely than conventional optical technology, such as what is used in conventional DVD and Blu-ray.
Holographic discs could hold 500 gigabytes of data. (In comparison, Blu-ray comes in 25-gigabyte and 50-gigabyte discs, and a standard DVD holds 5 up to about 8 gigabytes.)
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Comments(4)
it is not a blu-ray killer, because blu-ray could have 500gb on every side last yeah, i
think they are up at about a terabyte on the blu-ray disc now
blue ray is not used widely for storage and mainly for hd content. it is not an
affordable storage medium. it will kill blue ray if it is cheaper. for those die hard blue
ray fan boys "get over yourself" everything changes eventualy. and blue ray was a nick
in the road that sony made. do your research on blue ray technology and tell me again that
it can store 500gb effectively and be able to read it faster then burning a cd on an old
imac a 1x
if i'm not mistaken, panasonic made this breakthrough about 6 months ago
lets see one of these discs in action even if its a prototype
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Not a killer
By NickereN2O on 28.04.2009 - 12:04