Holographic Data Storage

#1

February 12, 2007

64 DVDs on a disc: holographic storage to ship

Computerworld -- InPhase Technologies Inc. announced today it
will start bulk shipments of the industry's first holographic disc drive this July
in a format able to store 300GB of uncompressed data on a single platter.
That capacity will expand to 1.6TB per disc within three years, the company said.

InPhase's first generation product has a data transfer rate of 20MB/sec.,
100,000-hour meantime between failure rate and a 50-year expected lifespan.
By the end of 2008, InPhase plans a second-generation 800GB optical disc with
data transfer rates of about 80MB/sec., with plans to expand its capacity to 1.6TB
by 2010. Diaz said his company plans to make all of its products backward compatible.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/33ukd3

#2

Dupe..
We've had an almost similar thread on AF in the past..

#3

Nuh uh, not about holograms...

That was biological disks... /:D" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt=":D" />

#4

We must inform Lord Vader at ONCE and alert Grand Moff Tarkin to the existance of such technology ... MUH WHAAA HAHAHAHAHAHA