InPhase Technologies/Nintendo holographic disc and reader

Nintendo has teamed up with InPhase Technologies for a new Holographic storage Disc Drives. Unfortunately the Technology is all new, and wouldnt be a viable solution for the current Wii storage issues. But it is innovate and exciting enough to be worth mentioning even now years before it will probably even be used for gaming systems. SAVING DATA IN 3-D A holographic disk isn’t much bigger than a DVD, but it holds 30 times as much data. A gel-like film inside stores bytes throughout its entire depth, not just in one or two flat layers. A laser burns a checkered pattern—representing 0s and 1s—into the film at several angles, packing in more information. The first drives and 300-gigabyte disks, available this year, are aimed at pro archives; consumer versions arrive in a few years. The currently in use product is tapestry™300r (only in major corporate libraries and archieves): * 300GB capacity * 20MB/s transfer rate (120 Mbps); native mode Predicted Generation 2: * 800GB capacity * 80MB/s transfer rate (640 Mbps); native mode Predicted Generation 3: * 1.6TB capacity * 120 MB/s transfer rate (960 Mbps); native mode Rewritable media is currently under development and has already demonstrated the ability to record/erase digital data for numerous cycles. The product roadmap follows the same increase in capacity and transfer rate as original set up, but one generation behind. (in time for next gen gaming consoles.) Technology Overview How is data recorded? Light from a single …
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