New lenses could increase the storage 10 times

[erdega79]

High NA Lenses (SIL) for Optical Data Storage Made of Synthetic Single Crystal Diamond

CUIJK, The Netherlands, Aug. 19 /CNW/ - At the heart of the increase in the density of data storage is the ability to produce small lenses that operate at short wavelengths. These Solid-Immersion Lenses (SILs) conform to tight tolerances on diameter, thickness, surface form and roughness at a diameter of 1.0mm or smaller. Element Six announces the development of a process that can obtain the required form accuracy in 1mm Synthetic Single Crystal Diamond spheres. This new process has improved the accuracy of the lenses by a factor 10 compared to earlier techniques.

Since the introduction of the compact disk in 1985, it has become the standard storage medium for music, digital photography, computer data and games. As the demand for disk capacity increases, future generations of optical media will need significantly higher storage capacities. This trend is seen in DVD and its successor the Blu-Ray disk. Diamond lenses are a crucial component of the next generation of storage technology. Diamond lenses will enable a storage capacity of up to 1TB (1000 Giga Bytes) per disc.

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[zombie]

I wonder how much they'll charge for a disc that can hold a persons entire movie collection. :lol:

[thunderhawk]

No idea, if this ever launches
Or as an upgrade for BD players (hint manufacturers!!! hint hint )..

n2blu: they'll probably put lossless HD films on these discs -> result, the disc will be full soon :lol:

[erdega79]

Originally Posted by n2blu

I wonder how much they'll charge for a disc that can hold a persons entire movie collection. :lol:

my guess is they'll just use less compression. As people say, there is never enough storage.

[erdega79]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

No idea, if this ever launches
Or as an upgrade for BD players (hint manufacturers!!! hint hint )..

n2blu: they'll probably put lossless HD films on these discs -> result, the disc will be full soon :lol:

BD players are made to be very extendible

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by erdega79

BD players are made to be very extendible

Groovy ! 8)

[zombie]

Originally Posted by erdega79

BD players are made to be very extendible

And that's one of the biggest pluses for the BD format. 8)