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New Technique For Optical Storage Claims 1 Petabyte On a Single DVD

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-long-movie dept.

melios writes "Using a two-light-beam method a company claims to have overcome Abbe's Law to dramatically increase the storage density for optical media, to the 9 nm scale. From the article: 'The technique is also cost-effective and portable, as only conventional optical and laser elements are used, and allows for the development of optical data storage with long life and low energy consumption, which could be an ideal platform for a Big Data centre.'"

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  1. Good! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was wondering where my pron collection would fit...

  2. Wonderful by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now our politicians and bankers can leave even more customer information on a train.