Researchers in China have developed a super-high capacity optical disk format that is claimed to hold up to 125TB of data, reports Hong Kong’s SCMP. The new disks are described as outwardly similar to previous Optical Data Storage (ODS) formats like Blu-ray disks. However, thanks to the application of nanotechnology and a 3D stacking architecture, density is boosted by about 10,000 times.
Digital storage requirements are ballooning as the throng of connected organizations and humans wish to save and process increasing amounts of rich data. Therefore, a lot of research is going into delivering storage that pushes the storage envelope in one or more dimensions, aiming to advance speeds, capacity, durability – or a compelling mix of these qualities.
