Holographic Data Storage Breakthrough

GE announced it is hard at work on a storage medium that is even higher capacity than the Blu-ray disc.The holographic data storage breakthrough builds on a breakthrough in 2009 that allows up to 500GB of data to be stored on a single CD-sized disk. As noted by Slash Gear, a holographic disk can hold as much as twenty Blue Ray disks.

"The breakthrough will also advance GEs intent in developing holographic storage technology for the commercial market. It takes a long while to burn data to fill a Blu-ray disc completely. I can only imagine with the ability to store up to 500GB on a single disc how long it would take to fill a holographic disc. A single holographic disc could hold the same amount of data as 20 Blu-ray discs. The data writing speed of holographic discs today is 100x faster than it was in 2009.”

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