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DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers (www.techspot.com)
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[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, is that what those multiples meant? I never realized.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the number of times faster it can read or burn compared to the original speed of reading and burning

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does the 'original speed' mean what the natural playback would have been? So 60 minutes of audio burned by a x60 drive would take one minute?

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but I think there was some overhead in the process that was slower.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Memory limitations. Back then RAM was like 512 max

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

You are correct. However, I mean initialization and finalizing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R Looks like a 52x wrote at 7.8 MB/s. Things have changed.