Holographic Storage a Reality in 2006? 214
vitaly.friedman writes "What do you do when you're getting close to the limits of 2-dimensional optical technology? Well, how many dimensions do we have to work with?" From the Ars Technica article: "How much greater data density? In the Hitachi Maxell device, a single disc about 1 cm larger in diameter than a CD will buy you 300GB. By way of contrast, HD-DVD currently offers a maximum of 30GB on a 2-layer disc, and Blu-ray tops out at 50GB. Although upgrades are in the works that promise to increase the capacity of both of those formats, even the most pie-in-the-sky predictions fall short of what is planned for merely the first commercial generation of holographic storage. Future plans for that medium include boosting the capacity to 800GB in two years, and 1.6TB per disc by 2010."
now one scratch will cost you (Score:5, Funny)
your entire pr0n collection
Maybe for you one scratch is all it'll take (Score:1, Funny)
Well, how many dimensions do we have to work with? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:1 CM larger? (Score:5, Funny)
No, unfortunatley it won't. It will TRY to prevent this.
"Hello, tech support, my dvd drive shrunk, and then it broke when i used the hammer to get the disk in....."
Re:Well, how many dimensions do we have to work wi (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I don't want a disc 1cm larger than a CD!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Two techno-blog editors are sitting in a bar.... (Score:2, Funny)
Techno-blog editor two: Time for another Holographic Storage [slashdot.org] article!
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I suggest a moratorium on Holographic Storage articles until some device is actually shipping from the factory floor!
Re:1 CM larger? (Score:2, Funny)
Its like millions of cup holders had screamed, and then silence.