”The idea of holographic media dates back about 12 years and InPhase already has been working about 5 years on Tapestry. At debut, the media will offer about 300 GByte of space and a data read/write performance of 160 MByte per second. Every 18 months, the capacity is scheduled to increase in steps of 800 GByte and 1.6 TByte per disc, which will be reached in 2009 or 2010. Data transfer rates are expected to be in a range of about 1 GByte per second.” Eeven if InPhase adds that its holographic technology can be used by advanced consumers and smaller companies the price will probably scare of the most. The writing unit will cost about 10 000 dollar while a disc at 300GB will cost about 100 dollar at the launch. The discs are actually cheaper than today’s harddrives when it comes to GB/dollar but then the unit is extremely expensive. Source: THGHolographic storage is something we’ve earlier reported on here at NH and this technology used with optical media can result in discs with the capacity of up to amazing 300GB. The technology is suppose to be a high-end solution for companies that need to store large amounts of data and is not meant as a competitor to Blu-ray and HD DVD. It should be seen as a replacement for today’s tapes that the larger companies use.
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