General Electric creates new 500GB holographic disc

By utilizing a holographic recording technique that it calls "micro-holographic storage," General Electric researchers have managed to cram some 500GB of data onto an optical disc the size of a DVD. What makes the new technology even more attractive is that players can be manufactured to support both the new GE discs as well as the current generation of optical technology such as Blu Ray discs, standard DVDs and CDs.

The 500GB disc took more than six years to develop and is considered a major milestone in GE's quest to eventually produce optical discs capable of storing 1TB of data per disc. GE will first release holographic disc technology for the commercial archival industry, to be followed later by the consumer market.

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