Holographics will start at petabytes and go up from there.

http://colossalstorage.net

McHoffa,

Mempile is using the same technology as the failed 3d Constellation and
probably has alot of the same people involved.

I look forward to Inphase, Mempile, Optware and others bringing out their
holographic storage technology. They are still far off the mark as far as
infinite read / write random seeking data storage like Colossal Storage who is
still working on its test bed proof of concept and should be out around 2010.

http://colossalstorage.net

Spintronic optical data storage will be a new
player on the data storage market.

Big Deal !

2D Spintronics 1.5 Petabytes and 3D Holographics 100 Petabytes around the corner.

http://colossalstorage.net

The Blu-ray WORM Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 170 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:

Apple Computer, Inc.
Dell Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsu****a Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
TDK Corporation
Thomson Multimedia
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures
Warner Bros. Entertainment.

This team of profiteers has done everything to prevent development of other storage technologies and to protect their markets thru collusion and price fixing.

I think that's what the EU is looking at.

Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are just flashes in the pan.

Better nanotechnology will be out in a few years.

http://www.colossalstorage.net

What do you say to 10 terabytes to 10 petabytes and upward.

Colossal Storage patented ferroelectric holographic storage in 2000. They predicted > 40,000,000 Terabits cu. cm. in 1998 using a 5 nm "atomic switch". Drexel an
Penn, Harvard only moved the particle size down a little and still dont understand the physics needed.

http://www.colossalstorage.net

1.2 Petabytes to 10 Petabytes and beyond thats 1,ooo
TDK 200 gig drive.

http://www.colossalstorage.net

magnetic hard drives are coming to the end of the road just like the horse and buggy.

optical storage has alot more to offer in storage density and capacity, Volume 2 D Volume holographic densities from 200 Terabits / sq.in. to 3 D over 40,000 Terabits / cu.cm.

http://www.colossalstorage.net/mainframe1a.htm