Zeus_Hunt Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Maxell is bringing a revolutionary technology to market - holographic media. With uncompressed storage capacities reaching 1.6 TB (TeraBytes) per disk and data rates as high as 120 MB/s, holographic technology is a true breakthrough in optical media. These features, along with a long archival life, make holographic media a compelling choice for storage requirements. Holographic data storage is superior to existing disc and hard drive technologies, and is also competitive against tape technologies in terms of capacity and transfer rate. In addition, it offers a 50+ year archive life. The media is expected to have the lowest cost per gigabyte of any commercial quality removable storage. One 5¼ inch-diameter optical disc can store up to 150 million pages of text - more than 63 times the capacity of a regular DVD. Also, with holographic recording, a multiple of form factors, such as discs and cards will emerge.Unlike other technologies that record one data bit at a time, holography allows a million bits of data to be written and read in parallel with a single flash of light. This enables transfer rates significantly higher than current optical storage devices.The first generation holographic media with 300 GB of storage capacity and 20 MB/s transfer rate is scheduled for release in late 2006.Certainly promising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 It's a good idea, but the idea of having a 'Floppy Disk' design isn't very 21st Century. Modern storage appliances are now often smaller than lifesize suchas 8GB USB Pens and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erRor67 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Damn, and I was just going to post this news myself.........Looks pretty sweet though. If its truly holographic, straches and dents shouldnt affect the data. But 1.6 TB? Shit, It kinda goes back to the "Its all about the Pentiums" song (Wierd Al). "You could backup ur whole harddrive of a floppy diskette":P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Damn, and I was just going to post this news myself.........I think you r just a week late :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erRor67 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Lol, good point......... But it just came out of BetaNews.com so its new for me. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greg Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Nevermind a whole computer, if your computer has about 300-500GB Storage, you could be thinking about storing 3 computers on one diskette.My HD is only 120GB and so are the average prices Desktops these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xeneth Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 That is awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jdawg Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 If it is that fast, cheap, small and can hold that much information then it could easily replace everything we use for storage today !!!!!!!That is truly awesome !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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