Weren't we all glad when DVD's came out and we could burn more than 4 GB on each? Didn't we feel like we can store everything on them, compared to good old CD's?
Well glad the companies are still trying to outrun each other and are developing new products that will benefit us all very well. One of them is defenetly Maxell with its new product called HDV (Holographic Versatile Disc).
Maxell tells us that it will put affordable HDV's on market late next year, which will be able to hold 300 GB data. Drive's transfer rate will be 20 MB/sec, which will mean burning a disc will take as little as 4 hours, but if we think of lead-in and all other sort of stuff, we could well be looking at 5 long hours.
But Maxell says this is only the beginning. They say that technology is capable of 1.6 TB at transfer rate of 120 MB/sec.
'Holographic recording technology utilizes intersecting signal and reference laser beams to store data in a number of 3D hologram images capable of saving hundreds of data pages in a single location. One 5? inch-diameter optical disc can store up to 150 million pages -- more than 63 times the capacity of DVD. Also, with holographic recording, a multiple of form factors, such as discs, cards, etc, and laser wavelengths (red, green, and blue) can be used.' explained NE Asia Online.
"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," said Liz Murphy, vice president of marketing for InPhase Technologies.
"Holographic media makes it possible for millions of pages of information and high-definition images to be held on one small, relatively inexpensive disc," said Steven Pofcher, senior marketing manager at Maxell.
HDV is expected to have lower price per GB then any other storage media.
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