Sony speeds up its holographic storage system
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 28th 2007 4:32PM
posted May 28th 2007 4:32PM
Having already increased the storage capacity of its holographic storage system, Sony's now turned its attention to speeding up data transfer rates, and it certainly doesn't look to be wasting any time ratcheting things up. According to Tech-On, Sony's managed to increase the transfer rate of its "coaxial type" holographic data storage system from a mere 3 Mbps to 92 Mbps and 107 Mbps for read and write times, respectively. That considerable leap was apparently achieved by using a new image-stabilization technique developed by Sony (artfully illustrated above), along with an improved CMOS sensor that allows the system to operate at a higher frame frequency. Sony's far from done yet, however, promising to eventually increase transfer rates to a cool 1 Gbps by boosting the laser output and increasing the sensitivity of the recording medium.
But WHEN will this reach consumers?
^^Hopefully not too soon...
This has Playstation 4 written all over it.
DVD = $1
Blu Ray DVD = $4.99
HDDVD = $4.99
Holographic Disk = $29.99
The look on the faces of consumers wasting all their money trying to have the latest media format...
PRICELESS
TI suing Sony anyone?
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Looks like engadget has a couple of folks to ban now since url spamming is now "bannable"
You know it!
Where's the U for Universal?
ok, where's the DRM component? we all know Sony will do that..
What part installs the rootkit?
Does that illustration not bear a striking resemblance to the process of DLP image generation? Light Source, to Color Wheel, to Wobulation, to DMD, to Disk (Screen)?