Sony and Panasonic have joined forces to create an optical disc capacity of 300 GB and above

Today, Sony has published an interesting press release, which refers to the new, combined with Panasonic, the project, which aims - the development of optical disc format. "Development" means the receipt of optical discs large capacity, at least 300 GB. And ready to such carriers should be by the end of 2015 (and this is very soon). Already, there is a discussion of the new standard specifications and other project-related issues.

According to the company, in the optical disc has a future, because they are well protected against external influences. On the optical disc is not affected by water, humidity, and to some extent temperature. Besides, the discs are suitable for use in a variety of devices with different formats.

Earlier and Sony, and Panasonic have developed their own formats of optical storage media, based on the Blu-ray ™. However, now the two companies have recognized the need for further development of the technology of optical discs, and came to the conclusion about the importance of working together.

It is worth noting that in the past year by Sony, and this - Panasonic, released to the market storage array-based optical disks. For example, the device can work by Sony Disc 25 GB capacity, with a total capacity of up to 1, 5 TB. Probably, these systems can be adapted to the new format optical discs, thereby achieving a substantial increase of the working volume of data.

www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201307/13-0729E/