We just got a mail indicating that InPhase, the makers of the holographic optical storage platform named Tapestry, is now shipping ROM media! Today they announced that they have developed and are shipping the first Holographic-ROM (H-ROM) media targeted for use in consumer devices. Data is recorded into the TapestryTM HDS4000 media with the same wavelength red lasers used in CDs and DVDs. Looks like the red laser still has some life in it yet. This is good, as apparently readers for this new media will be inexpensive. What is interesting as well, is the mention of a green laser media.
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InPhase also announced that it has developed and patented H-ROM mastering and replication technology, for license to companies developing holographic equipment. This will enable the distribution of high-definition content using H-ROM media. Technology that will be incorporated into low-cost readers will also be licensed to consumer electronics companies for commercialization in the near future. InPhase has been shipping TapestryTM HDS4000 media since late 2005 to companies developing consumer holographic devices. The media can be used for distribution of audio or video content. The media will be made in several different form factors, from postage stamp to credit card size, which could hold several high definition movies. The announcement was made today in Las Vegas at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). InPhase's chief technology officer and co-founder Kevin Curtis will further discuss the H-ROM development efforts underway at the Storage Visions conference at CES on Saturday, January 7, from 3:15-5:00 pm, in Room N250 of the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. 'Today's CDs and DVDs are based on red laser technology, and Tapestry HDS4000 media, which is sensitive to 680nm wavelengths, now enables the development of low-cost consumer holographic devices based on these red lasers," said Lisa Dhar, Vice President of Media Development at InPhase Technologies. 'This will usher in an era of devices that provide the performance and capacity of commercial products at consumer prices." The Tapestry HDS4000 media will be available through the InPhase Media Evaluation Program. The program is designed to accelerate the development of holographic storage products in a broad range of applications, from consumer to enterprise, by making InPhase holographic media and development equipment available to a wide variety of product developers. InPhase will be the first company to deliver a holographic product for professional archive applications, in late 2006. The media for this product will be offered through its strategic partner, Hitachi Maxell Ltd. The initial InPhase Tapestry holographic recording device will record 300 gigabytes (GB) of data onto a 130 mm disc with a transfer rate of 20 megabytes per second (MB/s). This is compatible with high-definition television transmission rates, and high-end enterprise computer applications. |
Source: Mail
