DVD-compatible optical disk hits 100 Gbytes

Zardon · May 26, 2002, 10:20 AM

100 gigs in your pant pocket? You heard right..Taiwanese researchers have developed a DVD-compatible optical disk with a 100 gig capacity.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Forget about 100-gigabyte portable hard drives — too bulky. A physics professor at a leading Taiwanese university has led a group of researchers in developing a recordable optical disk capable of packing in 100 Gbytes of data and slipping into a pants pocket.

That's about 30,000 of your favorite songs, or enough tunes to toe-tap to for a few months.

The disk is compatible with today's CD and DVD technology, running off the same red laser pick-up heads used in a typical disk player. "That's the most attractive part of this technology," said Wang Shyh-Yeu, director of research at Ritek Corp., a disk maker that co-funded the study and will likely commercialize the disk in 2005 or 2006.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 26, 2002, 10:39 AM

all Im saying is wow

This is definitely very very good news if we get to see it anytime soon

Zardon · May 26, 2002, 10:42 AM

2005 or 2006 .... apparently .....

alewisa · May 30, 2002, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Zardon
100 gigs in your pant pocket? You heard right..Taiwanese researchers have developed a DVD-compatible optical disk with a 100 gig capacity.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Forget about 100-gigabyte portable hard drives — too bulky. A physics professor at a leading Taiwanese university has led a group of researchers in developing a recordable optical disk capable of packing in 100 Gbytes of data and slipping into a pants pocket.

That's about 30,000 of your favorite songs, or enough tunes to toe-tap to for a few months.

The disk is compatible with today's CD and DVD technology, running off the same red laser pick-up heads used in a typical disk player. "That's the most attractive part of this technology," said Wang Shyh-Yeu, director of research at Ritek Corp., a disk maker that co-funded the study and will likely commercialize the disk in 2005 or 2006.

Imagine if it used blue laser :-)

May 26, 2002, 10:20 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DVD-compatible optical disk hits 100 Gbytes 100 gigs in your pant pocket? You heard right..Taiwanese researchers have developed a DVD-compatible optical disk with a 100 gig capacity. TAIPEI, Taiwan — Forget about 100-gigabyte portable hard drives — too bulky. A physics professor at a leading Taiwanese university has led a group of researchers in developing a recordable optical disk capable of packing in 100 Gbytes of data and slipping into a pants pocket. That's about 30,000 of your favorite songs, or enough tunes to toe-tap to for a few months. The disk is compatible with today's CD and DVD technology, running off the same red laser pick-up heads used in a typical disk player. "That's the most attractive part of this technology," said Wang Shyh-Yeu, director of research at Ritek Corp., a disk maker that co-funded the study and will likely commercialize the disk in 2005 or 2006.

May 26, 2002, 10:39 AM	#2
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	all Im saying is wow This is definitely very very good news if we get to see it anytime soon

May 26, 2002, 10:42 AM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	2005 or 2006 .... apparently .....