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Penny-Sized CDs

Posted by Nik on from the I-shall-call-him-mini-CD dept.

|deity| pointed us at Discover Magazine, which is running an article about nanoimprint lithography. Cutting to the chase, this gives you 400 gigabytes per square inch, or 180 gigabytes on a CD the size of a penny. The advantage of this manufacturing process over others, such as the optical memory featured recently, is that the moulds can be reused, allowing easy mass production.

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  1. Columbia House by cje · · Score: 4

    Does this mean that I'll be able to buy eleven penny-sized CDs for only a penny?

    Hmmm ..

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  2. Ahh! by pen · · Score: 4
    Nobody move! I dropped my backup on the floor!

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  3. 12" Version by Ratface · · Score: 4

    ... Size of a dime eh? Why can't they make these babies the size of a 12" vinyl album and give us some REAL storage power :-)

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