Pioneer developed 400 GB 16-layer optical disc

Yesterday, Pioneer announced that it is developing the first 16-layer optical disc with storage capacity up to 400GB. Meanwhile, Blu-ray discs currently only store 25-50GB at most.

Japanese electronics maker said that this type of optical disc will be compatible with all hardware using Blu-ray technology, at the present time, the disk will only work as a Read (read only). never mind.

Pioneer 16-disc.(Photo: EnGadget)

While Blu-ray discs are currently available in two formats: single-layer discs (25GB) and dual-layer discs (50GB), Pioneer is ready to market a 16-layer disc, each with 25GB of storage. quantity.

The company said it is also developing writable discs with the same capacity. Pioneer disk structure is very special to reduce the noise of the disc layers when overlapping.

Pioneer will perform new optical disc technology at the 2008 International Optical Memory Conference held in Hawaii on July 13.

T.Vu (CNet, CrunchGear)