We don’t transfer files on a floppy disk, either 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch. And today, a compelling case can be made that the days of the optical disc drive may be numbered.

“Over time, an optical disc will be as much of an historical curiosity as a floppy disk,” said Michael Gartenberg, a tech-industry analyst with research firm Gartner Inc.

Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is the optical drive going the way of the floppy disk?" IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another ...

Rather than use an optical process for storage, this drive used magnetic tape to store its data. To this day, HDDs as well as the seemingly dead floppy disk use magnets to store data.

Like cassette tapes and floppy disks, there are many who believe optical discs are on their way out. As flash memory is now abundant and continuously increasing in size while decreasing in price ...

Magneto-optic (MO) disks combine optical and magnetic technologies (see magneto-optic disk). See ISO/IEC 13346 , multilevel optical disc , holographic storage , WORM and legality of optical storage .

The warehouse also holds 8-inch floppy disks — an even older storage medium — including one labeled as containing the 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon US presidential debate.

We are developing thin optical disks using paper-thin 0.1-mm-thick substrate as a means of recording and archiving broadcast-quality HDTV programs.

Japan’s Digital Minister, Taro Kono, is celebrating the demise of the floppy disk. 'We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28,' Kono told Reuters news agency earlier today.

New Blu-ray and HD-DVD optical disk vendors say they have the right stuff to take on and beat tape as an data archiving media. Topics Spotlight: AI in Enterprise ...

Could the phrase “burn a disc” soon be interred in the computing graveyard, resting peacefully alongside 8-bit graphics and the chirping, buzzing hum of a dial-up modem?

Rather than use an optical process for storage, this drive used magnetic tape to store its data. To this day, HDDs as well as the seemingly dead floppy disk use magnets to store data.