fulltimer56
04-30-2009, 03:36 PM
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You know how cheap storage is becoming — it breaks my heart when I remember how much I paid for my first 256MB USB drive (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/50-examples-tha.php). Now, a new storage medium is being unveiled by General Electric (granddaddy owner of DVICE.com) that could sell for about 10 cents a disc gigabyte, with a capacity equivalent to 100 DVDs.
GE has developed a micro-holographic disc that's the same size as present-day CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs. Instead of the two-dimensional surfaces used for Blu-ray's 50GB, holographic storage uses three dimensions to store digital data. These discs can store 500GB of data by using holographic light patterns to densely pack three-dimensional data.
While still in the developmental phase at this point, industry experts are hopeful that it could become the next form of low-cost storage for consumers. Best news out of this development is that new micro-holographic players will be backwards compatible to play CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/blu-ray-player.php).
The love affair with holograms (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/no-more-tricks.php) just got sweeter.
Via The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?ref=globalhome)
UPDATE:The price is expected to start at around 10 cents per gigabyte, not 10 cents per disc, and should fall as it gains in popularity, if it gains in popularity.
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/ges-500gb-holog.php
You know how cheap storage is becoming — it breaks my heart when I remember how much I paid for my first 256MB USB drive (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/50-examples-tha.php). Now, a new storage medium is being unveiled by General Electric (granddaddy owner of DVICE.com) that could sell for about 10 cents a disc gigabyte, with a capacity equivalent to 100 DVDs.
GE has developed a micro-holographic disc that's the same size as present-day CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs. Instead of the two-dimensional surfaces used for Blu-ray's 50GB, holographic storage uses three dimensions to store digital data. These discs can store 500GB of data by using holographic light patterns to densely pack three-dimensional data.
While still in the developmental phase at this point, industry experts are hopeful that it could become the next form of low-cost storage for consumers. Best news out of this development is that new micro-holographic players will be backwards compatible to play CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/blu-ray-player.php).
The love affair with holograms (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/no-more-tricks.php) just got sweeter.
Via The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?ref=globalhome)
UPDATE:The price is expected to start at around 10 cents per gigabyte, not 10 cents per disc, and should fall as it gains in popularity, if it gains in popularity.
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/04/ges-500gb-holog.php