InPhase 300GB holographic discs

[roma_turok]

We mentioned the company INPHASE a couple of times now due to their holographic storage technology. While HD-DVD and Blueray standards are now fighting for two years to become a standard the competition is picking up the really quickly. INPHASE just announced at the CES the first 300GB holographic disc, and that's just the first generation device ! This will be followed a family of products ranging to 1.6 terabyte (TB) capacity in 2009.

I'm personally getting really annoyed over the HD-DVD versus Blu-ray fight in the industry .. in the end it's all about who's gonna make the most money, monopolize the market and meanwhile this HD storage technology might get outdated before it was ever launched. At the end of this year a couple of hundred movies will be available .. but the devices that will play them .. will they be affordable ? I don't think so. So add another year for mainstream availability.

LAS VEGAS, NV -- InPhase Technologies, the leader in holographic data storage, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated a data density of 200 gigabits per square inch, significantly higher than any other optical format. InPhase achieved this breakthrough by using its patented polytopic recording method, which will be implemented in all generations of the Tapestry drive family. The first generation drive, targeted at a 300 gigabytes (GB) capacity on a single disk, will be available in 2006. This will be followed a family of products ranging to 1.6 terabyte (TB) capacity in 2009.

INPHASE also has some movies on-line showing the first prototype, definitely worth checking out !

Click here to see that movie - http://www.inphase-tech.com/media/inthebox_web.wmv


http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=3485

[sullen]

Very interesting. Looks like their push is corporate instead of public so I don't see this squashing the HD DVD/Blu Ray fight in terms of just storage. More like a specialized storage system for people like ILM. The cartridge for the disc looks like a floppy on steroids.