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@Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers

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DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers

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@Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have developed an optical disc with a capacity of over a petabit of data, equivalent to well...
  • @MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    Yes, but I think there was some overhead in the process that was slower.

    • @unphazed@lemmy.world
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      Memory limitations. Back then RAM was like 512 max

      • @MNByChoice@midwest.social
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        You are correct. However, I mean initialization and finalizing.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R Looks like a 52x wrote at 7.8 MB/s. Things have changed.

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