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It seems doubly weird, as blu-rays and other such things they are comparing to aren't written, but pressed as is when sold in large copies. I get that a lot of
by b112 3y ago
It seems doubly weird, as blu-rays and other such things they are comparing to aren't written, but pressed as is when sold in large copies.
I get that a lot of uses may be as a hard drive, but imagine ginormous AI model files or some such, pressed and shipped as updates. The energy cost would be far different.
Or maybe Ultra Mega Super HD 4D video.
Or... or... blockchain history for bitcoin in a few years.
- rbanffy 3y agoPetabyte-sized models will be impractical for some time still. OTOH, 30 years should give us a million fold improvement in capacity, and, with in-memory computing (you really don’t want to move a petabyte) I’d say there is hope.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoAlso : > The researchers note that the entire procedure used to create blank discs made using AIE-DDPR films is compatible with conventional DVD mass production and can be completed within 6 minutes. Gu says these new discs may therefore prove to be manufacturable at commercial scales. So I'm triple-confused ??