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Compared to a C-ROM’s meager 700 MB storage space, and a DVD’s 5-ish GB, a Blu-Ray’s 25 GB is pretty impressive. All of those are nothing compaired to a whole Terabyte though, and that’s what FujiFilm is planning to pack on an optical disc arriving in 2015.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about the fabled 1 TB optical disk. TDK was talking about one back in 2010, but it still hasn’t come to market almost three years later. FujiFim, on the other hand, predicts they’ll be able to get theirs on shelves in two years, with the possibility of 15 TB discs not that much further behind.
These mammoth discs rely on a special two-photon absorption technology as well as other manufacturing advancements can allow for the production of discs with 25 GB layers, and up to 20 of those on each side. As if that wasn’t enough, FujiFilm predcts these new discs will actually be cheaper to make than Blu-Rays. Obviously this is still in the works, and we’re still waiting on those 1 TB discs we heard about three years ago, so no one will blame you for being a little skeptical. Still, a 1 TB disc sounds great even two years down the line, so long as flash memory hasn’t completely out-paced it by then. [PhysOrg]
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I’d more interested in a 1TB SSD. I my opinion, disc media is getting obsolete now as memory cards and streaming is adequate for most people.
Here’s your 1TB SSD.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?rlz=&q=1tb+SSD&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1870703931688030886&sa=X&ei=eUSpUOD0Bq2T0QWflYCYDQ&ved=0CCsQ8wIwAA
You might have to remortgage your house!
WOW! I have to sell both of my kidneys for that. Anyway, once they start mass producing those the price can only go down. I’m sure in 2015, it will be less than half the price and it will be the norm in ultrabooks/laptops/tablets(?).
That’s weird pricing considering you can get half a TB for £300. Anyway they have completely different purposes. if it’s cheaper than bluray then that’s already a step up. SSDs aren’t really meant for storage since they have limited write cycles.
Yeah, this happens with flash memory. The highest capacity SSD is often using a NAND die that is has an unusually high capacity, a low production yield, a high price and a low demand as such. As a result, the top model costs disproportionately more than a lesser model.
Kinda missing the point, no? This isn’t something that resides in your PC, it’s portable media. It’s supposed to be a cheap, disposable means of transporting data from one location to another. It doesn’t perform the same job as an SSD.
Nah it’s too slow, I want to see USB sticks or SSDs.
They’ve both been done, they just cost a ton.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/victorinoxs-1tb-usb-esata-ii-drive-fingers-on/
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?rlz=&q=1tb+SSD&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1870703931688030886&sa=X&ei=eUSpUOD0Bq2T0QWflYCYDQ&ved=0CCsQ8wIwAA
The biggest advantage of optical media is long term data archival. It won’t win any speed crowns, but you can expect it to have a much longer read life than USB or SSD, which is still too short.
Tape drives last longer then disks, thats why they are used for backups.
True, but they aren’t generally as cheap as optical media.
You don’t want cheap in a backup, you want reliable. Backup won’t be moving from tape any time soon, and storage for consumers is moving very quickly to the cloud and USB sticks. These disks will be mostly worthless, very quickly.
Optical Media is still much more reliable and cheaper, but slower than USB, I pity those that would rely on USB sticks for archiving!
The problem with Tapes, and HD’s is their susceptibility to damage through environment and mechanical problems. They are still the best provided you have redundancy, and money is not an issue, but as a consumable form of distribution, discs are still going to be around for a while, until Cloud and digital distribution becomes a more widely accepted method, which will be the way forward.
Just to think how obsolete floppy disks were getting when the CD came along.
good old pen and paper ….