@Wilshire to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoDVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layerswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square77arrow-up1400arrow-down113
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minus-square@cholesterollinkEnglish11•7 months agoOh, is that what those multiples meant? I never realized.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoIt’s the number of times faster it can read or burn compared to the original speed of reading and burning
minus-square@cholesterollinkEnglish6•7 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoYes, but I think there was some overhead in the process that was slower.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 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.