Forschungszentrum Jülich announced that in the current issue of the journal Nature Materials, researchers from Jülich, Finland and Japan provide insight into the read and write processes that place within the phase-change layer of a rewritable DVD.
Toshiba Corporation announced that the DVD Forum has completed the format specifications for DVD-RAM and DVD-R.
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