rpoppes Posted May 27, 2005 Posted May 27, 2005 Iomega pushes 800GB DVDs SAN FRANCISCO — Storage company Iomega is looking to increase the capacity of standard DVDs up to 100 times, conceivably creating 800GB discs. The company says it has been issued a patent which covers a method of encoding data on the surface of a DVD so more data — on the order of 40 to 100 times that of current capacities — can be stored. Current DVDs can hold up to about 8.5GB of data. Data transfer speeds would also jump five to 30 times, according to the company.
Mr.Bitey Posted May 27, 2005 Posted May 27, 2005 Iomega pushes 800GB DVDsSAN FRANCISCO — Storage company Iomega is looking to increase the capacity of standard DVDs up to 100 times, conceivably creating 800GB discs. The company says it has been issued a patent which covers a method of encoding data on the surface of a DVD so more data — on the order of 40 to 100 times that of current capacities — can be stored. Current DVDs can hold up to about 8.5GB of data. Data transfer speeds would also jump five to 30 times, according to the company. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 800GB heh.. forget blu-ray Sounds like it might be a compression method - wouldnt be much chop for video.. Cheers, Bitey
Tweet Posted May 27, 2005 Posted May 27, 2005 Could be a holographic technique, research is now being concentrated in that area for 3 dimensional recording.x,y,z axis ,something like the dual layer concept but now with multiple ,multiple layers. Will it ever stop ! C.M
Serendigity Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 Iomega Scores Nano-Optical Storage Patent May 25, 2005 By Enterprise IT Planet Staff Iomega announced on Tuesday that the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) had granted the company an optical storage patent that relies on advances in nanotechnology. In April, the firm was granted a patent, named "Method and Apparatus for Optical Data Storage", (U.S. Patent No. 6,879,556), for a technology credited to Fred Thomas, the firm's Research and Development division's Chief Technologist. Based on the filing, this new storage technique can potentially yield storage capacities that are "approximately 20 to 100 times greater than that presently available in a standard compact disk or a standard DVD disk" with transfer rates up to 30 times faster. Called AO-DVD (Articulated Optical - Digital Versatile Disc), the technology may allow for disks that pack hundreds of gigabytes of data by employing subwavelength encoding on reflective nano-structures. Iomega is currently studying a process called nano-grating "to encode multi-level information via reflectivity, polarization, phase, and reflective orientation multiplexing", according to a company statement. http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/...cle.php/3507691 Also: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingt...39200176,00.htm
Mr.Bitey Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 Where did the story come from mr.bitey? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dunno rpoppes posted it Cheers, Bitey
Mr.Bitey Posted May 28, 2005 Posted May 28, 2005 Thanks for the full quote Steve Swayne, "relies on advances in nanotechnology" I think that says it all - theyre patenting the theory Still.. if it works it could be applied to other technologies (blue-ray for example) Cheers, Bitey
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