Maxell Releases Holographic Storage Medium
By David Ponce
Forget about Blu-Ray, or HD-DVD… I’ll take holographic disks anytime. Maxell, in a joint venture with InPhase Technologies has announced the release of a Holographic optical recording device that will eventually support cartridges of up to 1.6TB (that’s a “t”, as in 1,600 Gb) with transfer rates reaching 120Mbps MBPS (as in megabytes).
To put things in perspective, this means that one 5 1/4 inch disk will be able to hold as much information as 63 DVDs. What’s this fancy new technology you ask? Well, for one, it’s not shiny new. But that’s not the point.
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. In principle, laser beams can be moved with no mechanical components, allowing access times of the order of 10 µs, faster than any conventional disk drive will ever be able to randomly access data.
What this means to you? All your porn collection, in one place.
What else?
Check out the press release.
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Comments [17]
120Mbps? 120 Million bits? @ ~10 bits per byte (I’m allowing for some overhead) thats ~12 megabytes a second. USB 2.0 and Firewire are 40megaBYTEs a second right?
Posted 5:33 pm on November 23rd, 2005Enough for video, but a step back for overall speed.
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Posted 6:49 pm on November 23rd, 2005bench your hard drive and weep!
Posted 8:54 pm on November 23rd, 2005Says, 120 “MegaBytes”/sec on Maxell’s site
“…and data rates as high as 120 MBPs…”
Posted 9:28 pm on November 23rd, 2005So this is better than HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc)?
Posted 1:47 am on November 24th, 2005http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_050203.html
I hope HVD are protected somehow. When we read DVDs they always have finger prints on them and we have to clean them.
Posted 8:32 am on November 24th, 2005Sorry, should have been “when we rent…”
Posted 8:33 am on November 24th, 2005Nitpick: “tera-” is “T”, not “t”.
Posted 8:39 am on November 24th, 2005What? Maybe my math is different from yours, but if the disk would hold 1.6TB and a single sided dual-layered dvd holds 9GB then that means one disk would hold the same amount of data as 177.77 dvds, not 63. If you were referring to dual-layered double-sided dvds (18GB) then the disk would hold the same amount as 88 dvds.
Just pointing out your shitty math.
Posted 5:18 am on November 25th, 2005“What? Maybe my math is different from yours, but if the disk would hold 1.6TB and a single sided dual-layered dvd holds 9GB then that means one disk would hold the same amount of data as 177.77 dvds, not 63. If you were referring to dual-layered double-sided dvds (18GB) then the disk would hold the same amount as 88 dvds.
Just pointing out your shitty math.”
maybe he was talking about a regular single layer dvd fitting in the 300gb disk which would be the first thing available to consumers.
“The first generation of holographic media with 300 GB of storage capacity and a 20 MBPs Transfer Rate is scheduled for release in late 2006.”
but you knew that because you’re oh so smart and read the press release…
Posted 4:51 am on November 26th, 2005Press releases are for housewives and little girls, man. COOL people (who know math, man!) don’t NEED to read the press release, because anything they say is true.
For instance, the new Holographic thingummy runs on tyvek envelopes and the tears of a rare Nigerian fruitbat.
Aaaaah, bup bup bup, no need to check the press release! It is true, for I have ordained it.
Posted 10:57 am on November 26th, 2005It’s not 120mbits it’s 120 mbytes/s
Posted 1:44 pm on November 26th, 2005Its big. And its quick.
That’s it.
Now stop being losers. Espically math losers.
Posted 6:10 pm on November 26th, 2005[…] Yesterday Maxell announced their plans to release their Holographic Storage Medium. These are disks that will be capable of holding 1.6 terabytes of data with access speeds of 120 MB/s (MB = megabytes). That is crazy!! Forget Blu-Ray or HDDVD, I want one of these! […]
Posted 4:13 pm on November 30th, 2005Holy ***!
Sony and Toshiba better move out the way, well at some point in the future. Their technology is so old…
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