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One Terabyte On a 12-inch^H^H^H^Hcm Disk

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-bunch-of-movies dept.

News for nerds writes: "At InterOpto'02 - international optoelectronics exhibition hold in Chiba, Japan - OPTWARE Co.Ltd. made up of ex-Sony engineers, demoed(in Japanese) 1-terabyte super-high speed optical disk system "T-VRD." It uses hologram and stores 1 terabyte data in a 12-cm-CD-size disc, with 100Mbps - 1Gbps transfer rate. Available in 2003 as 19-inch rackmount, 2005 for PC." Update: 07/16 18:33 GMT by T : Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better ;)

14 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. Metric/Imperial by crc32 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Which is it, 12 inches or 12 cm?

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  2. NASA did it and now it's spreading to Slashdot! by displacer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    There is a difference between inches and cm

    12" != 12 cm

  3. 12 cm, not 12 inches... by hyoo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    12 cm is much more impressive..

  4. Change the headline!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    12 cm is much more impressive than 12 inch.

    1. Re:Change the headline!!! by f8xmulder · · Score: 1, Redundant
      12 cm is much more impressive than 12 inch.

      Only in certain instances...

  5. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by TwP · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's what she said!

  6. exsqueeze me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    12"" or 12cm?

    You guys need to hire some professionals.

  7. 12 cm or 12 in? by GimpyTheWonderPickle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I cant read Japanese, just curious.

  8. 640k is more than enough for anyone... by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 2, Redundant

    'nuff said...

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  9. Babelfish says 12 cm by Vamphyri · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The corporation optical wear the 1TB (the tera- byte) announced the optical disk technology " tera- byte optical disk system " whose it is possible to write capacity, to the disk of 12cm CD size in the comprehensive exhibition " InterOpto'02 " of optical industrial technology.


    From this Babelfish Translation
  10. 12in now 12cm? by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I thought size didn't matter but how you used it?

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  11. Size Matters?! by Chicane-UK · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better ;)

    I am sure that plenty of women might argue with you there :)

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  12. Haha by Andrewkov · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better ;)

    Yeah, sure Timothy, you've been telling that to girls for years!

    -1 Redundant, I know...

  13. ENLARGE YOUR DATA DENSITY 100% NATURAL by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better.

    Depends what you're measuring.

    RMN
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