Disc of Joy: Twenty years ago, a large coalition of technology manufacturers backed a potentially revolutionary optical disc format. Like VHS and Betamax before it, the technology had to fight through ...

The LightGen chip is orders of magnitude more efficient too. But it isn't ready to break out of the lab just yet. As generative AI models grow more powerful, their energy use is becoming a serious ...

A team of researchers has developed an optical disc that holds an incredible 200 terabytes of data - over 4,000 times more than a Blu-ray. This isn’t just nostalgia; it’s a leap forward for archival, ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas ...

Researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology developed a groundbreaking 3D optical disc capable of storing up to 1.6 petabytes of data—equivalent to over 200,000 DVDs on a ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

CMC Magnetics is experiencing a surge in demand for high-end optical discs, particularly in the defense and medical sectors, resulting in supply shortages for optical disc drives, according to ...

Analog and digital optoelectronic sensors combine an LED and an optoelectronic integrated circuit in a compact package to enable optical encoders to provide absolute or incremental position detection ...