Holographic storage disc

[NucleusKore]

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8021012.stm

A disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric.

The micro-holographic disc, which is the same size as existing DVD discs, is aimed at the archive industry.

But the company believes it can eventually be used in the consumer market place and home players.

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[i dont exist]

things like quantum computing and holographic storage are more like fuel cells
there are lot of possibilities but since everything is commercialized in this world
they wont let these technologies to get out unless someone gets profit from it

[dOm1naTOr]

have been hearing bout it since 2003~4. It was once featured in mag...like current and future storage technologies.
but it was also said some prototype of holographic model was there at those days.

nyway, M-Ram too is another gr8 thing to happen with several 100s times b/w than current fastest memory.

Gud to hear we ll be seeing this holo discs soon in shelves.

[topgear]

TFS

BTW, I doubt what will be their price in here when they will really reach here.

Take the case of Blue Ray disc. They are still very costly in here & very hard to find.

I think we need to have a different kind of recorder to record/write data on this types of discs & even they will not come at a cheap price like blue ray disc recorders.

[koshyjohn]

With that density, imagine how much data will be lost with one tiny scratch.

[dOm1naTOr]

holograpic storage discs dun store data on the surface, so scratch wont much of a problem.

[akilive]

Its great news ,
The problem about shortage of memory space , travelling data from one place to another may be terminate by this disc....

[thewisecrab]

Originally Posted by koshyjohn

With that density, imagine how much data will be lost with one tiny scratch.

Nice thought
Anyway, I'm guessing this will be affordable in about 9-10 years.
Considering (AFAIK) Blu-ray was released in 2004, and is still scantily available and costly in India, I doubt whether we can reap benefits from it when the world does
At the pace such tech comes to India, maybe a 1 TB disk would be made by the time this becomes usable for us

[IronManForever]

Heard about them long ago. But I'm perfectly happy with DVDs at the moment.
How much memory will one ever need? Okay, I may be sounding like Bill Gates and 640kB RAM, but still. There will be a limit to our demands.

A 40 GB HDD is okay for me, even today. Yes, if I want to, I can even fill a 500 GB one in no time, but do I need all that? No, at least not now.

[dOm1naTOr]

then can u courrier that 500GB hard drive to me??
u dun really need it, dun u?