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One of the Australian researchers behind a 2009 Nature paper outlining how optical media could reach 1.6 terabytes says Samsung has decided not to commercialise the technology, but has also published a new paper outlining how 12cm shinies could hit ten terabytes. Dr James Chon, Senior Lecturer at the Swinburne University of …

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  1. Muckminded

    If it depends on gold as an ingredient

    then the data being encoded is likely worth less than the disc.

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  2. MJI Silver badge

    Cost too much

    Gold - expensive, if the media is too expensive to use - use a different media.

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      Re: Cost too much

      Cloud vendors may like it as a WORMy backup solution. Cost not so bad if you've got 100s of clients' data on the disk.

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  3. Elmer Phud
    Boffin

    Always beleive in your soul etc.

    I'm not sure they plan to make the discs out of solid gold.

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  4. John 110
    Coat

    title, what title

    "Neat nanoparticles could bring 10TB disks"

    cause everything's better with nanoparticles...

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  5. John Smith 19 Gold badge

    IIRC mose CD's *were* gold plated.

    A *very* little gold goes a very long way.

    Patterning into rods on a *commercial* scale may be a bit harder.

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