Posted 2/23/2024, 3:32:00 PM
New 'Super DVD' Holds Mind-Boggling 1 Million Movies
- Scientists invented a new DVD-sized disc that can store up to 1 petabyte of data, equivalent to over 220,000 regular DVDs
- The new "super DVD" could contain up to 1 million movies, enough for multiple lifetimes of video content
- It achieves higher storage capacity through a 3D structure with hundreds of layers and nanoparticle-scale data etching
- Writing data on the new disc is currently very slow and energy-intensive, but researchers are optimistic these problems can be solved
- The development could represent the future of physical data storage, though may enable dangerous levels of binge watching