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# Giant CD-Roms Slated For 2000
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/giant-cd-roms-slated-for-2000/
- Published: 1997-11-16T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-02T21:31:32.000Z
- Description: Norsam Technologies Inc. in Albuquerque, N.M., is developing a CD-ROM technology that would enable users to store up to 165 gigabytes…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: SEEDS, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

Norsam Technologies Inc. in Albuquerque, N.M., is developing a CD-ROM technology that would enable users to store up to 165 gigabytes on a single disk &£45;- almost 10 times as much data as can be stored on digital video disks. The additional capacity is made possible by replacing the prevailing 800- and 350 nanometer laser writing technology with a more powerful 50-nanometer particle beam.  
  
"The Norsam HD-ROM will ... be a major competitor in the high-availability data arena," says the company's president. The HD-ROM disks will be the same size as current CD-ROMs, but will require users to install high-density readers in their devices.   
  
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