Holographic storage ships next month!
Robin Harris at ZDNet - eight years in the making, InPhase Technologies announced at NAB2008 that they will ship in May the world's first holographic disk drive. 300 gigabytes per write-once cartridge (Blu-Ray disks hold 25 gigs). 20 megabytes/second transfer rate. 50-year media life. $18,000 for the drive. $180 for media. Less expensive versions coming. Plans for 1.6 terabytes at 120 MB/s. Rewritable products under development. "Data at the speed of light."