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1.5 terabyte DVD on way -- 2010 target date (Well there is some Engineering to be done! )
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| Monday 23 December 2002, 08:02
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Posted on 12/24/2002 10:13:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
JAPANESE WIRE the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that a coalition of academics and electronics combine are designing an optical disk that will eventually be able to store 1.5TB (terabytes) of data.
Although we're unlikely to see such devices until 2010, the consortium, which includes Matsushita, Ricoh, Pioneer, Mitsubishi, and three universities, is plunging $25 million into an R&D project which will start in Spring of 2003.
Reports said that optical disk will use "3D" optical technology likely to use a technique which stores the data in multiple layers.
It will also be backwards compatible with standard DVDs, the reports said, with its storage ability equivalent to around 300 DVDs using the current format. µ
* BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Technical
KEYWORDS: computing; storage; techindex
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thank you keeping track of this stuff. Merry Christmas and God Bless you.
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posted on
12/24/2002 10:16:20 PM PST
by
Sparta
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
...and we'll all still be using 1.5Mbps cable modems that can send the contents of the DVD to another user in just six months!
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posted on
12/24/2002 10:17:37 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
LOL !..Ya beat me to it....I was trying to figure it at a 56K dialup speed.
Merry New Year Timesink !~.........Stay Safe !
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posted on
12/24/2002 10:27:54 PM PST
by
Squantos
To: Timesink; Squantos
I guess it is back to Snail Mail!
By the way I came across this at slashdot.com!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This says pirated databases and pirated hi-tech research to me. Stolen and sold to the highest bidder and to real bad guys. Just my speculation..... I don't know much about databases.
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posted on
12/24/2002 10:33:01 PM PST
by
dennisw
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I suspect we'll always be under the oppressive thumb of technology Ernest :o)
You have a Safe and Merry Holiday Ernest !!
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posted on
12/24/2002 10:45:17 PM PST
by
Squantos
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Might just be able to keep nearly a full record of women Clinton fooled around with and a list of all known crimes of the Democrat party in the state of Rhode Island.
10
posted on
12/24/2002 10:50:56 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
To: A CA Guy
Very good, I just knew some bright freeper would see a good use for such an incredible invention!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
To: Squantos
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours - Squantos!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What can we do with 1.5 Terabyte on a CD? Hmmm, that might be just enough room for the New Special Extended Extended Extended Version of the complete set of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy due out about that time.
Of course, we would need a second 1.5 TB DVD just for the additional special features. :-)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I could use a 1 TB DVD-R for backups. 48X write speed please. Hard disks with capacities of 40 GB and more are difficult to backup.
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posted on
12/25/2002 2:22:47 AM PST
by
Myrddin
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I bet the napsterites are absolutely drooling..
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posted on
12/25/2002 2:31:51 AM PST
by
Jhoffa_
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Teleport System on way -- target date 2015 (some engineering required here too, but prove me wrong).
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posted on
12/25/2002 3:20:00 AM PST
by
droberts
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
* BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee.Or a liberal Democrat.
Some think the successor to DVDs (and hard drives) will be crystals. Already working on them.
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posted on
12/25/2002 4:09:05 AM PST
by
KeyWest
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There's already a use for an optical disc that can store this much data: the medium for showing movies in theaters that use digital projectors.
Imagine instead of shipping 210 pounds of 35 mm film or 25-30 pounds of hard disk drives for a single two-hour movie, the whole digital-projection quality movie fits on a DVD-sized disc that weighs at most 2 pounds for the shipping package, and the disc will include seven different languages for dialogue and another seven languages on subtitles!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What can we do with 1.5 Terabyte on a CD? With two of them, you'll be able to install Windows 2010.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee. ....and the Democrat Party will be in favor of giving it voting rights.
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