Alt173 used our newssubmit to tell us that Taiwanese researchers have successfully developed a new optical disc that can hold more than 100 gigabytes of information.
By using "near-field" optical technology, the 100-gigabyte disc stores more than any other similar product in the world. The super-sized disc will be used at home to store large movie or music files, according to Tsai. |
The near-field optical technology also allows the bits of information on a disc to be spaced closer together to increase the disc's storage capacity.
Well there are coming more and more of these new optical storage technologies that are able to hold dozens of GB's.
Unfortunately we hardly see them on the (consumer) market and when they will, they are probably cheap. Good see new technologies popping up anyway!
Source: Taiwanheadlines
