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Holographic Storage Crams in 0.5TB Per Square Inch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drives-that-can-hold-vista dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VNUNet is reporting that a company called InPhase Technologies claims they have successfully recorded 515GB of data per square inch to capture the record for highest data density. From the article: 'InPhase promised to begin shipping the first holographic drive and media later this year. The first generation drive has a capacity of 300GB on a single disk with a 20Mbps transfer rate. The first product will be followed by a family ranging from 800GB to 1.6TB capacity.'"

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  1. Works great in my flying car! by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sounds amazing!
    I'll be installing one of these in the dashboard of my flying car later this year when they both come out.

    By the way, my car runs on cold fusion.
    And the in-dash computer plays Duke Nukem Forever.

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