Friday, July 6th 2007
Universities in Germany put 500GB in one DVD, claim 1TB is possible
The University of Berlin, partnered with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, as well as Universita Politecnica delle Marche in Italy, have found a way to squish 500GB of data into one HD DVD.
Under normal methods of storage, a Blu-Ray disk holds 25GB of data. An HD-DVD holds 15GB, and a dual layer HD-DVD holds 30GB. However, the universities have managed to modify where the recording laser puts the data. By "using nanostructures inside the disk rather than on the surface as in conventional optical storage systems", the Microholas project has found a way to put 500GB onto one HD DVD. The universities look forward to pushing this project to it's full potential, which could mean a Terabyte of data on a single HD-DVD disk.
Source:
Reg Hardware
Under normal methods of storage, a Blu-Ray disk holds 25GB of data. An HD-DVD holds 15GB, and a dual layer HD-DVD holds 30GB. However, the universities have managed to modify where the recording laser puts the data. By "using nanostructures inside the disk rather than on the surface as in conventional optical storage systems", the Microholas project has found a way to put 500GB onto one HD DVD. The universities look forward to pushing this project to it's full potential, which could mean a Terabyte of data on a single HD-DVD disk.
34 Comments on Universities in Germany put 500GB in one DVD, claim 1TB is possible
one scratch=boom.
but this would be great to back up your harddrive or even remove the need for one at all in a laptop
this would be much better than tape backups or dvd backups for large companies or the government due to price and density. optical may be old fashioned but its sure as hell inexpensive.
Amazing..
although i do have to say 500gb on a hd-dvd is impressive!
Discs can only spin so fast before they shatter. ;)
WHO TOUCHED MY FLOPPIES?!
and neither do I :p