Monday, February 16, 2004
NTT To Manufacture Holographic Memory Next Year
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 06:00 PM
"Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation is pleased to announce the results of its work on the research and development of a new high capacity memory storage device, designed with a multi-layered waveguide structure and based on a thin film holography. NTT has successfully produced a 100-layer postage stamp-sized media prototype with 1 GB memory capacity constructed from plastic material, and a small prototype drive for reading data from the Info-MICA media. Following the progress in creating both the media and drive prototypes, NTT is now planning the future commercialization of these products based on the 'Comprehensive Producer Function' and is currently working with technology manufacturers with a view to releasing both products next year using the name 'Info-MICA: Information-Multilayered Imprinted CArd).'"
Wow. Holographic memory? I know people have been working on it, but it sounds like we're closer to it being realized than I initially thought. I'm no materials scientist, but I know holographic memory eventually holds promise in reducing the cost for large amounts of storage. It sounds like the technology will initially be read-only, but who knows where we'll go from there. 8)
Wow. Holographic memory? I know people have been working on it, but it sounds like we're closer to it being realized than I initially thought. I'm no materials scientist, but I know holographic memory eventually holds promise in reducing the cost for large amounts of storage. It sounds like the technology will initially be read-only, but who knows where we'll go from there. 8)
