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Pioneer Ultraviolet Laser Promises 500GB Discs

Posted by samzenpus on from the i-love-lasers dept.

No Fortune writes "Here's an article indicating that Pioneer is developing an ultraviolet laser for data storage. Since the wavelength of ultraviolet lasers is shorter than the wavelength of blue lasers, the beams are finer and they can pack more data into per square inch. This gives a data rate 20 times more than the blue laser Blue-ray disk."

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  1. In The Mysterious Future! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft Gamma Laser Promises 500 PB Discs

    Here's an article indicating that Microsoft is developing a gamma laser for data storage. Since the wavelength of gamma lasers is shorter than the wavelength of ultraviolet lasers, the beams are finer and they can pack more data into per square inch. This gives a data rate 1,000,000 times more than the ultraviolet laser discs.

    1. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by SpookyFish · · Score: 5, Funny


      Sweet, so Office XP 2k13 will still fit on one disc!

    2. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, but users will get so frustrated during the installation and multiple activation steps, that they'll turn green, grow huge muscles, and trash everything in site.

    3. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by Matimus · · Score: 2, Funny

      I know that this is supposed to be funny (it is funny). But I just have to point out that 2k13 takes the same number of characters as 2013, and is more ambiguous. Its kind of like saying WWII instead of World War II (double-ewe has more sylables than either world or war, so actually saying the abbreviation is less efficent than saying the actual name).

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    4. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Sweet, so Office XP 2k13 will still fit on one disc!"

      For the sake of fairness, I'd make a Redhat joke if I didn't fear mod retribution. ;)

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    5. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That would imply that in 2013 there will be enough Linux applications worth including with a distro to fill such a disc.
      I'm sure the zealot mods would think you're "Insightful".

      For now I'll just make their confused heads spin by implying that RH is not bloated, at the same time as I'm stating that Linux has too few apps. ;)

    6. Re:In The Mysterious Future! by Squarepusher · · Score: 2, Funny
      Good lord please stop innovating new forms of storage that could potentially force more money out of my wallet! There's been, what, six different mass storage devices touted here in as many months? I can't take it anymore, I'm in a purchasing coma from all the possibilities on the horizon.

      Ah, with all the exciting technological discoveries and such happening recently it's starting to look like Terrance Mckenna may be right. Timewave Zero anyone? : )

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  2. All I can say is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like I have to buy the White Album again.

  3. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...what color is it?

    (I'm a fan of blue...)

  4. Why are we waiting? by klubkid79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And there is nothing I want more than to wait 3.6 days for a disk to finish writing..

    1. Re:Why are we waiting? by Nemesis099 · · Score: 1, Funny

      And there is nothing I want more than to wait 3.6 days for a disk to finish writing..

      Well then we would have to hope that windows can stay on that long without crashing or needing a reboot!

  5. So can we write-protect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...by putting sunscreen on them?

  6. Re:Blue, Ultraviolet, Meh by Laser+Dan · · Score: 3, Funny

    They would hold a lot, but since the gamma rays would go right through any CD-like disk it might be hard to read or write to them!

    Better not put your feet under the table either or they might get cancer and fall off!

  7. Sweet Jesus! by botsmaster25 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is a lot o p0rn!!!

  8. Re:Ultraviolet? by Zeebs · · Score: 2, Funny

    When in the recomended use of your CD/DVD drives did you see the laser? Yes.

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  9. UT by Striker770S · · Score: 2, Funny

    and we quickly find out that pioneer is working on this project for epic in order to release the unreal tornament 2005 collectors edition. Just think, only 2 of these discs will fit the game on it!

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  10. Re:Where is the end for "optical" media? by AbbyNormal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scene in the future, with a Gamma Radiation drive.

    CD stuck in drive.
    ME: "You wouldn't like it when I'm angry. I have all my data on that cd."

    BARGhhhhhhhhh@#$@#$ [Transforms into Hulk]

    Hulk SMASH!

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  11. No no no... by jettoblack · · Score: 2, Funny

    CD lasers are infrared

    DVD lasers are red
    Blu-ray lasers are blue
    Sugar is sweet
    And I love you

  12. Re:why now? by baitisj2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    CD's are red,
    Blu-rays are blue.
    UV DVD's store your data,
    But WHEN? I have no clue.

    *:)P*

  13. heh... by interactive_civilian · · Score: 1, Funny
    so saith mstefanus:
    Imagine what will happen to the media if you pass it through an X-ray scanner.
    The Airport security personnel get to see and copy all of your archived pr0n?

    ;)

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  14. No by oddmake · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't buy 500GB White Album.You must buy Ultraviolet Album

  15. Re:Blue, Ultraviolet, Meh by mordejai · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a Sugar Ray disc.
    Is it the same?

  16. Gamma-Ray Discs by sparkhead · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here ya go.

  17. Disney by Craig+Ringer · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... will no doubt make theirs out of plastic.

  18. 500GB hard drive hard discs by muditgarg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like Bill Gates finally realised that 640k memory isnt enough for everyone

  19. Re:why now? by infinite9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    cd lasers are red...

    dvd lasers are blue...

    all your discs have degraded...

    no more pr0n collection for you!

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