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Writer Fuel: New Optical Disc Can Hold 15,000 DVDs Worth of Information

Petabit Scale Optical Disc - Deposit Photos

Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase information storage capacity to the “petabit” level — 125 terabytes of data, or the combined storage capacity of about 15,000 DVDs. Optical discs, such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs, are durable and inexpensive. A standard single-layer Blu-ray disc can store 25 gigabytes. By … Read more