# Next Generation Optical Storage **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-generation-optical-storage/6006 "2005-12-23T04:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-generation-optical-storage/6006/1 "2005-12-23T04:32:48Z")
**The optical limits of semiconductor fabrication I discussed in my previous article ([http://www.overclockers.com/articles1170/](http://www.overclockers.com/articles1170/)) apply equally to optical media. Unlike semiconductors, there are some workarounds - namely, holography.** Standard optical media stores information as pits in the disc’s data layer. A laser then reads these pits. The size (and density) of the pits is limited for the same reasons as semiconductors. You can think of it as Morse code - the shorter the blips, then the more information you can pack into a given length of time. [http://www.overclockers.com/articles1285/](http://www.overclockers.com/articles1285/) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-generation-optical-storage/6006/2 "2005-12-23T18:35:15Z")
And just when you think they hit a barrier, they blow it down with a battering ram. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/next-generation-optical-storage/6006/3 "2005-12-23T19:22:41Z")
im waiting for the bio-gel units they use on star trek …