Pioneer Boast 400 GB 16 Layer Blu-ray Disks

Pioneer Corporation has reportedly succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes Its per-layer capacity is 25 gigabytes, which is the same as that of a Blu-ray Disc (BD). This multilayer technology will also be applicable to multilayer recordable discs. This development has bolstered Pioneer's confidence in the feasibility of a large-capacity optical disc, which is expected to become necessary in the near future.

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