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August 2009 19

Next generation optical disc on the way?

Philly.com

TOKYO – Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into practical use in 2012, industry sources said this week.

The next-generation one terabyte (1,000 gigabyte) disc will be designed to complement cloud computing, which allows for the storage of data and information offline on interconnected databases. It also would increase the efficiency of personal computers.

According to the sources, the next-generation disc will employ hologram technology, in which a laser is used to write 3-D images to record and reproduce data.

Interesting, I wonder if the same technologies could be adopted in long term backups or in virtualization? Could I consolidate my tape backups on to fewer optical discs?

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