0.

7 GB

9 GB

30~50 GB

What is next ?

Holographicstorageis amass storagetechnology that uses three-dimensional holographic images to enable more information to be stored in a much smaller space. The technology uses holograms which are created when a light from a single laser beam is split into two beams; the signal beam (which carries the data) and the reference beam. In holographic storage, at the point where the reference beam and the data carrying signal

1) The object is converted into binary code of 1s and 0s like we use today. 2) Next, the 1s and 0s are converted into a matrix of light and dark squares.

3) Those light and dark squares are then electronically sent to a spatial light modulator (SLM). 4) The laser beam then shines through the spatial light modulator (SLM). 5) Pixels of the spatial light modulator filter (block or allow) the light thus encoding the data into the laser beam.

CDs and DVDs are the primary data storage methods. A CD can hold 783 megabytes of data, but Sony has plans to release a 1.3 GB high-capacity CD. A double-sided, doublelayer DVD can hold 15.9 GB of data. Holographic memory

Blu-ray

HD-DVD

HVD

Initial cost for recordable disc

Approx. $18

Approx. $10

Approx. $120

Initial cost for recorder/player

Approx. $2,000 Approx. $2,000 Approx. $3,000

Initial storage capacity

54 GB

30 GB

300 GB

Read/write speed

36.5 Mbps

36.5 Mbps

1 Gbps

Advantages Of Holographic Storage:Increased storage capacity Increased read/write speed Longer storage life

It has been estimated that all the books in the U.S. Library of Congress, could be stored on six (6) HVD's. The pictures of every landmass on Earth (Google Earth for example) can be stored on two (2) HVD's. With MPEG4 ASP encoding, a HVD can hold between 4,600 to 11,900 hours of video, which is enough for