Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have created a recordable disk that can hold 200 times the amount of data as an ordinary compact disk.

The development comes as the electronics industry is firming up the technical design of a disk that holds 10 times the data of ordinary CDs. That's a size capable of holding a full-length movie. Products will be available next fall.The higher-density disk created at Los Alamos will be marketed chiefly to institutions with huge amounts of data to store. An availability date was not set.

Los Alamos granted a license to Norsam Technologies Inc. of Espanola, N.M., to commercialize the invention.

Norsam expects to hire up to 300 people for the effort, according to an announcement Monday.

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The technology was developed by Los Alamos scientists Bruce Lamartine and Rogert Stutz, the lab said.

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