Original source : http://www.panarmenian.net
Posted : July 2013
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Sony and Panasonic are teaming up to develop a standard for
professional-level optical drives. Ultimately, the duo hope to release a 300GB
optical drive by the end of 2015, PCMag.com reports. The durable optical disc - dust-and-water-proof, resistant
to changing temperatures and humidity - is ideal for a long-term storage tool.
Sony and Panasonic plan to market the new disc format to businesses looking to
store hefty amounts of data for long periods of time.
"Both Sony and Panasonic recognize that optical discs
will need to accommodate much larger volumes of storage in years to come given
the expected future growth in the archive market," the companies said in a
joint statement. The companies pointed to the growing need for archiving,
from video production industries that store motion pictures and broadcasting,
to cloud data centers.
"By actively promoting the adoption of a new standard
for next-generation high-capacity optical discs, [Sony and Panasonic] intend to
offer solutions that preserve valuable data for future generations," the
companies announced. Sony and Panasonic touted their existing breakthroughs in
optical drives, including Sony's file-based optical disc archive system from
2012 and Panasonic's series of optical disc storage devices, which houses 12
100GB discs for a total storage capacity of 180TB. Both have also contributed
to the development of Blu-ray format technologies, PCMag.com says.
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