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Monday, May 5, 2014

Sony develops tapes that have 3,700 times more storage than a Blu-ray disc

Rebirth of the CASSETTE? Sony develops tapes that have 3,700 times more storage than a Blu-ray disc

By tweaking how it produces the magnetic tape used in traditional cassettes, stock image pictured, Sony has created a way for the iconic material to make a comeback. The Japanese firm has developed tape that can store up to 185TB of data - 74 times the capacity of current tapes and the equivalent of 3,700 Blu-rays The Japanese firm's process involves shooting ions onto a polymer film substrate. This produces tiny crystal particles that increase how much data can be stored.

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