Holographic Storage Media

Whilst the war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray rages on, storage manufacturers have started to look ahead for the next big thing in data containment. InPhase, a Lucent spin off, have been looking into a 3D-storage mechanism over the past 5 years. By stacking data in 3 dimensions, instead of two, InPhase - in cohorts with Hitachi Maxell - claim that by 2010, 3D storage devices will be capable of offering up 1.6TB’s on media the size of a CD, with 300GB devices available by the end of this year.

How Hitachi Maxell’s method differs from say, a dual-layer DVD (and thus 3D-storage model) is unknown, and at $15,000 a writer, $180 a disc, demand is going to be short. To this end InPhase and Hitachi Maxell have been in discussions relating to high capacity devices available to the mass market, one possibility is a small disc, about the size of a postage stamp, that will hold 75-100GB.

More information at : www.inphase-tech.com

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