Sony speeds up its holographic storage system
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Standingfast @ May 28th 2007 4:47PM
But WHEN will this reach consumers?
Jitty @ May 28th 2007 4:58PM
^^Hopefully not too soon...
humpty @ May 28th 2007 5:10PM
This has Playstation 4 written all over it.
Big @ May 28th 2007 5:19PM
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
Justin @ May 28th 2007 5:21PM
TI suing Sony anyone?
EliasF @ May 28th 2007 5:37PM
Whoa, check me out, I'm an annoying comment spammer! david@eliasart.com
Greg @ May 28th 2007 6:27PM
Looks like engadget has a couple of folks to ban now since url spamming is now "bannable"
Ryan Block @ May 28th 2007 10:17PM
You know it!
DarkFader @ May 28th 2007 7:07PM
Where's the U for Universal?
Mark @ May 28th 2007 7:16PM
ok, where's the DRM component? we all know Sony will do that..
leo.anderson @ May 28th 2007 11:04PM
What part installs the rootkit?
AG @ May 29th 2007 8:40AM
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)?