1TB CD disks are coming

AN ISRAELI storage technology outfit is nearly ready to bring the next big thing in optical storage disk into the shops.

Mempile's schematic two photon system is called TeraDisc and is designed to shove 1TB on a single disk.

According to TFOT.com, here, the disk overcomes all the limitations of existing formats.

Each disk is built from polymethyl methacrylate which is almost entirely transparent to the specific wavelength of the laser used by its recorder.

Dr Beth Erez, Mempile’s Chief Marketing Officer thinks that its ePMMA, disks can create a media with about 200 virtual layers five microns apart which each hold 5GB of data.

The current prototypes can store 600–800GB per disk which is a lot of data. However Mempile boffins think that they can get this to a 1TB per 1.2mm thick disk soon.

Erez says her disks can last 50 years and should be very reliable. The first prototype is 18 months away and will be in the shops about a year afterwards.

Initially it will use red laser technology. Mempile want to move to blue lasers later and create 5TB of data per disk.

Erez thinks that a drive will set you back $3,000 while the 600GB disk will cost $30-50. Still 600 GB should just about cover all those snaps Mrs Farrell took when going to the sea coast this year (It would have taken two disks but it rained)

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