Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoDVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layerswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down113
arrow-up1382arrow-down1external-linkDVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layerswww.techspot.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoOh, is that what those multiples meant? I never realized.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s the number of times faster it can read or burn compared to the original speed of reading and burning
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoDoes 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?
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoYes, but I think there was some overhead in the process that was slower.
minus-squareunphazed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoMemory limitations. Back then RAM was like 512 max
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoYou 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.
Oh, is that what those multiples meant? I never realized.
It’s the number of times faster it can read or burn compared to the original speed of reading and burning
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?
Yes, but I think there was some overhead in the process that was slower.
Memory limitations. Back then RAM was like 512 max
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.