Hardbopjazz Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Sony's 185 TB cassette tape breaks storage capacity record Cassette tape Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times Sony has developed a new cassette tape -- much more high tech than this one -- that is capable of holding 185 terabytes of data. Sony has developed a new cassette tape -- much more high tech than this one -- that is capable of holding 185 terabytes of data. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Salvador Rodriguez Sony Corp. Sony has developed a cassette tape capable of holding 185 terabytes, breaking a data storage record Sony announced it has created a cassette tape that smashes a previous record for data storage. The Japanese company says its new tape is capable of holding 185 terabytes, or 148 gigabits per square inch. At that much capacity, Sony's new tapes hold the equivalent of 11,840 16 gigabytes iPhone 5s devices -- or about 3,700 Blu-ray discs. The cassette tapes, which were developed with the help of IBM, obliterate the previous record, which was set in 2010 by Fujifilm and IBM. Back then, the companies set the record with a tape capable of holding 35 terabytes. RELATED: Samsung, Sony to open home entertainment shops inside Best Buy stores Andrea Chang Samsung and Sony are going head to head with new in-store entertainment shops at hundreds of Best Buy locations nationwide. Samsung will launch 500 Samsung Entertainment Experience areas at Best Buy stores, while Sony will open 350 Sony Experience at Best Buy shops. Last year, Samsung... Samsung and Sony are going head to head with new in-store entertainment shops at hundreds of Best Buy locations nationwide. Samsung will launch 500 Samsung Entertainment Experience areas at Best Buy stores, while Sony will open 350 Sony Experience at Best Buy shops. Last year, Samsung... ( Andrea Chang ) Sony is set to present and explain its new cassette tapes at the INTERMAG Europe 2014 international magnetics conference, being held this week in Dresden, Germany. There, Sony will explain how it enhanced a technology known as "sputter deposition" to achieve the high-storage cassette tapes, which are about 74 times the capacity of tapes being used today. Tech giants like Facebook and Google use data centers to store all the information users upload to their services, such as photos posted on Facebook or emailed through Gmail. With these cassette tapes, companies will be capable of storing more data in the same amount of space that they use today. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-sony-185-tb-cassette-tape-storage-record-20140505-story.html?track=rss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 That's data storage, not audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 yes, but this article claims 47 million songs can be stored. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/tech/innovation/data-storage-cassette-tape-sony/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 As data. You wouldn't be able to stream from it or I doubt you could. "But if you're dreaming of someday popping that tape into some sort of digital-age boombox and pushing "play," you may be in for a bit of a disappointment. Tape has the potential for massive data storage, but it's unwieldy to actually use. Recording to, and retrieving data from, tape takes a lot longer than digital storage devices and players we've become accustomed to in an era of Web streaming. So, it's a lot more likely that tape will be used to back up huge databases than to save, and play, our music collections. That's too bad. We liked the idea of needing only one cassette for a cross-country drive." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I have tapes to sell to you new information giants. I have bunches. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I have too have tapes - and cases for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Not much as special as inserting a pencil and winding forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 I have pencils as well, but they're not for sale, at least not as part of the tape. Especially the Mirado Black Warriors, I love them things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Pencils? Pfft. Only the classic Bic pen should be used; pencils often have reversed polarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 And the Bic pen has to be green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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