Of course, increasing the optical drive speed can effectively solve the problem of slow transfer speeds, but the problems brought about by the increased speed will gradually become apparent. For example, high-speed rotation will generate vibration, noise, and heat. Vibration can also make it difficult for the laser head to position itself, increasing seek time and making it more prone to collisions with the laser head, scratching it. The generated heat can affect the chemical medium on the disc, affecting the accurate positioning of the laser head and prolonging seek time. The noise caused can have an unpleasant effect on the user, leading to fatigue.

However, Zhao Ye also has corresponding improvement technologies to address these issues, such as installing floating shock-absorbing rubber on the four corners, or using suspension technology and banana-shaped shock-absorbing brackets, or using floating load-bearing technology and an advanced dual dynamic suspension system in Lite-on...

What is technically difficult for others is so easy for Zhao Ye!

Unfortunately, these technologies were already commonplace in my previous life; you could find relevant technical information online, and even CDs were outdated. In 2024, very few people use optical discs anymore; they usually use NAND flash memory cards.

At this moment, Lu Maoshi's words left the Philips staff speechless.

They only considered the promising future of CD (cooldown reduction) technology, failing to recognize the disastrous consequences of using immature CD technology in games. Wujiang Group is indeed taking a huge risk.

The only advantage of CDs as a game storage medium is their very large storage capacity, reaching 700MB. Game cartridges, on the other hand, are at most only a few tens of MB.

With such a large capacity, it's certainly possible to develop better games.

Unfortunately, CDs also have many drawbacks, so much so that no game console manufacturer has yet chosen to use them.

The first negotiation ended unhappily shortly afterward.

After Lu Maoshi and the others left, someone suddenly suggested to Hank Wells, "President Wells, should we secretly let Nintendo and Sega know that Wujiang Group came to discuss CD patent licensing? If Nintendo and Sega know about this, they might consider using CDs as game storage media!"

Hank Wells thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's best not to do that. If this gets exposed, it will seriously damage Philips' reputation, and it could very well cause our cooperation negotiations with Wujiang Group to fail again. Besides, I don't think Nintendo and Sega would consider using CDs as a game storage medium. Currently, CD technology does have many problems, and Wujiang Group, wanting to develop a CD-based home game console, will definitely need to further develop more advanced CD drives. Perhaps our two companies could cooperate more deeply to jointly promote the development of CD technology!"

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