InPhase to demonstrate Tapestry holographic drive prototype at NAB

InPhase Technologies, the leader in holographic data storage systems and media, has announced that it will conduct a public demonstration of the world’s first prototype of a commercial holographic storage device at NAB 2005.
Using video clips provided by Turner Entertainment Networks, the demonstration of the InPhase Tapestry drive will be conducted with Hitachi Maxell at the Maxell Corporation of America booth, C8530.
The prototype is the foundation for a 300-gigabyte (GB) drive that can store more than 35 hours of broadcast-quality high-definition video on a single disk. The family of InPhase Tapestry holographic drives will have capacities that range to 1.6 terabytes (TB) on a single disk.
A breakthrough in data storage, the InPhase prototype demonstrates a new generation of data storage, well beyond magnetic and optical formats, which capitalises on the company’s leadership position in both holographic drive and media development. InPhase has created a new class of photopolymers, and the delivery of a stable recording device, to achieve a working commercial holographic system. The initial commercial units will be delivered to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers in 2006.
InPhase has designed an advanced technique, polytopic recording, which provides greater data density by overlaying 'books' of data, rather than pages of data. The InPhase polytopic technique eliminates the space between books of data, thereby increasing data densities. This innovative technique will be implemented in all generations of the InPhase Tapestry product family.
“The professional video industry will see a conclusive demonstration of the next phase in digital recording. The InPhase Tapestry prototype heralds a new era of storage, moving holographic storage from research to commercialisation,” said Nelson Diaz, President and CEO of InPhase Technologies. “We have successfully developed, through a collaborative approach, a breakthrough for a wide array of recording and archive applications – from enterprise to consumer – that will lead to more secure, high-capacity, long-life storage at more cost-effective prices.”
The InPhase Tapestry system has been evaluated by numerous leaders in the professional film and video industry over the past four years for a wide range of applications, including archive, acquisition, editing, and effects for high-resolution video.
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