Optera Data is working on a new optical storage technology with its sights on 10TB capacities for as low as $1.

Optical media also have a 30-year life and are less vulnerable to extreme hot or cold. However, as a transportable storage medium, they have mostly been superseded by USB-based flash drives and ...

A storage system that contains multiple optical drives that read and write the media simultaneously. Libraries may hold one disc per drive or have storage for any number of discs or cartridges ...

Using 3D storage techniques, scientists at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology developed an optical disk capable of accommodating 1.6 petabits of data (that's 1.6 million gigabits).

Dynabook and NEC revive optical drives in modern laptops, blending nostalgia with high-performance processors, high-res ...

Starting while at a Silicon Valley startup, Siros Technologies, we explored an alternative approach extnending current optical disk technologies. Here, a spinning disk is written and read by a focused ...

New optical tech could slash archival costs by 10x or even moreOptera Data’s discs could hit 10TB for just $1 - cheaper than ...

An Apple SuperDrive comes in handy if you are looking for an external optical disc that can be used on a Windows PC. In this post, we will look at how to use Apple SuperDrive on Windows 11 and ...

Also check out: Anatomy of a Storage Drive: How Optical Drives Work The duo has pledged "thorough quality control" and a "stable production system" to provide "highly reliable" discs. They feel ...

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden believes that the PS6 must include an optical disc drive. While Sony has already started offering discless consoles during the PS5 generation, an all-digital ...

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...