{"id":2610,"date":"2022-10-13T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:33:02","slug":"cd-rom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/cd-rom\/","title":{"rendered":"CD-ROM History: When the CD Was Invented &amp; Who Invented CD-ROM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Explore how the CD-ROM works, what \u201cROM\u201d means, when the CD was invented, who invented it, and why the format gave way to modern storage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"cd-rom-laptop\" class=\"wp-image-35526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Cd-Ejected-From-Computer-244105.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-cdrom\">What is a CD-ROM?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/whatis\/definition\/CD-ROM\">CD-ROM<\/a> (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) is an optical disc used to store digital data that can be read but not written or erased. It commonly stores software, music, and multimedia. Data is accessed by a laser in a CD-ROM drive, making it a popular medium for distribution before USB drives.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-history-of-the-cdrom\">The History of the CD-ROM<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>If you ask anyone who was a teenager in the 90s and early 2000s about the CD-ROM, also spelled CDROM, their eyes will light up like the shiny underside of the object you\u2019ve inquired about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was popular thanks to its low cost and higher storage compared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floppydisk.com\/\">floppy disc<\/a>, making the format a household standard before DVDs and cloud storage took over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the world didn\u2019t get a disc player until 1980, when Philips and Sony licensed it as a CD-ROM, marking when the CD was invented for widespread commercial use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<?php\nfunction autodesk_fusion_cta_horizontal() {\n    ob_start();\n    ?>\n    <style>\n        .cta-section-horizontal {\n            background: #ddd; 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The campaign gives the data to a computer, which then processes it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, as the name implies, they are limited, as they cannot record. They&nbsp;look just like audio CDs and store and receive data similarly. Thanks to a layer of aluminum, they\u2019re reflective and are composed of 1.2mm polycarbonate plastic. While most are 120 mm, mini versions exist too.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"when-was-the-cdrom-invented\">When was the CD-ROM invented?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Though AOL created what is, at least nostalgically, the most memorable CD-ROM (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/87291\/youve-got-mail-history-aols-free-trial-cds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the AOL free trial<\/a>), they were not the first or the only. James Russell invented the earliest technology that resembled the CD-ROM while working for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the United States Department of Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell hoped to create a way to store information so it could be played back later and initially proposed digital preservation using photosensitive film. Russell wanted to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/victrola.com\/blogs\/articles\/beyond-the-needle-history-of-vinyl-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vinyl records<\/a> with a device that could work without physical contact between the system\u2019s parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His optical digital recording (ODR) received several awards in 1974. However, the world didn\u2019t get a disc player until 1980, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.philips.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philips<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sony.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sony<\/a> licensed it as a CD-ROM. Since the industry neglected the invention in the 70s, the world thought they\u2019d invented it in the mid-80s. Companies did little to dissuade this notion. In 1982, Japanese company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denon.jp\/ja-jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denon<\/a> developed what we know as a CD-ROM and introduced it with Sony at a computer show in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-more-modern-approach\">A more modern approach<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"cd-stack\" class=\"wp-image-35531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Selective-Focus-On-A-Sleeve-Of-459191303.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new version of the digital preservation device came in what we think of as a CD-ROM format and stored graphics, text, and hi-fi stereo sound on a shiny CD that appeared in the Red Book, part of a line&nbsp;referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/obsoletemedia.org\/audio\/compact-disc-rainbow-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rainbow Books<\/a>, which outlined the specifications for CD-ROMs, by Phillips and Sony. The book outlined the specifications of the CD-ROM, which could hold 650 million bytes and soon became the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1989, the CD-ROM became standardized with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/25869.html\">ISO\/IEC 10149 <\/a>standard and ECMA-130 standard. The Green Book came out, which addressed the technology of CDs and worked to combine audio and data with full motion video. The technology belonged only to Phillips.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-rise-of-the-cdrom\">The rise of the CD-ROM<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-03-at-10.08.18-AM-300x272-1.jpg\" alt=\"cd-rom-storage-example\" class=\"wp-image-35516\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> launched the very first software in 1987 \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/underpop.online.fr\/w\/windows\/products\/books\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Bookshelf<\/a>. It came on CD-ROM and was followed in 1991 by the Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, featuring a CD-ROM drive. Macintosh by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple<\/a> released the <a href=\"https:\/\/lowendmac.com\/1992\/mac-iivx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macintosh IIvx<\/a> in 1992 with a CD-ROM drive. Video video game manufacturers began using the technology to get their products to market in 1992. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, transfer speed increased from single speed 1x to 72x as the CAV drive took over in the 21st century. The CD-ROM quickly became the primary distribution method for software and video games. In the early 90s, the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.duplication.cdbaby.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/205394688-What-is-the-difference-between-a-CD-and-a-CD-R-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CD-R<\/a> (for recordable) was released. And in 1995, the digital video disc\u2014also known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/DVD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DVD<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-happened-to-the-cdrom\">What happened to the CD-ROM?<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"cd-reflective-pile\" class=\"wp-image-35536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bigstock-Golden-Compact-Discs-Backgroun-457362385.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, compared to a car, a CD-ROM is small. But compared to a laptop, they take up a lot of space. This also means that the disc drive that reads them takes up a lot of space \u2014 way too much for a tablet and modern laptops. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/10\/27\/apple-discontinues-non-retina-macbook-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computers today simply don\u2019t allow space for the CD-ROM<\/a>. Instead, that space is used to extend battery life, improve performance, or boost graphics solutions for gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For such a big object, the CD-ROM yields comparatively low storage next to more modern solutions. DVDs and then Blu-ray discs presented far more space, followed by terabyte drives and then hard drives and solid-state drives, which made the CD-ROM nearly obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the need to store and transport media has become largely obsolete. The smartphone has replaced the camera, video camera, DVD player, and digital music player, among other things. Software is digitally distributed, too, which is less expensive than sending out that shiny CD to mailboxes on a consistent basis\u2014not to mention ongoing issues with compatibility. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/cloud-based-cad-faster-smarter\/\">the cloud<\/a>, anyone can share data online, eliminating the need for additional hardware in most cases.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-legacy-of-the-cdrom\">The legacy of the CD-ROM<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re forever indebted to the CD-ROM, though music streaming has almost entirely replaced the technology. Younger generations may never know the feeling of buying a new CD at the mall or popping a CD into their car on the way to work. Maybe, like records, they\u2019ll be deemed&nbsp;vintage&nbsp;and have a reemergence again one day. But for technology\u2019s sake, the CD-ROM\u2019s inability to change with time was its downfall. <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"modern-tools-for-modern-engineers\">Modern tools for modern engineers<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>What happened with the CD-ROM isn\u2019t an anomaly, and Autodesk knows that. Technology moves fast, and engineers need to keep up. That&#8217;s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/free-trial?mktvar002=4333583001|ORG|&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=other&amp;utm_campaign=4333583dmblogf360&amp;utm_id=4333583001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autodesk Fusion<\/a> is continuously evolving to meet the needs of modern engineers. As tools, technology, and even the larger industry change, we\u2019re committed to providing software that meets the needs of the modern designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take Fusion for a spin today to see what we mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwback alert! 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