Monday, December 25, 2006

Terabyte Storage Capacity Comming To CD-Size Optical Disks?

Researchers have demonstrated a simple new way to focus laser beams to a much tighter spot than is possible with conventional lenses and mirrors, making it possible to store up to 3T (terabytes) of data on a CD-sized optical disk. Just by way of comparison, the new high-definition DVDs including Blue-Ray only store about 25G per side.

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