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February 26, 2005
New Disc Format Offers Bigger Capacity
Built for storage, but developers also looking at Hollywood.
Holograms are making the leap from science fiction to practical application with a new disc format. Holographic Versatile Disc is now being developed by Fuji and Optware.
Each HVD disc will be able to hold more than a terabyte of data, or 200 times as much information as a standard DVD.
HVD's developers are targeting the storage market, but Optware business development and marketing manager Hide Kageyama said execs are keeping an eye on the consumer entertainment market for potential future applications.
"Holographic optical disc has another advantage," Kageyama said. "Since the data on HVD are interference patterns of laser light, it's almost impossible to make a pirate copy of an HVD."
HVD achieves its high capacity by etching discs using two lasers in a single beam--the two interfere with each other, creating holograms composed of data. A prototype drive will be built this year.
Category : Industry News
Posted by dvd software at February 26, 2005 08:54 AM
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