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MillimeterInPhase Technologies to Develop High Performance Rewritable Holographic Media
Dec 3, 2002 12:00 PM
LONGMONT, CO -- InPhase Technologies, the leader in holographic data storage, today announced that it will develop the industry’s first high performance rewritable holographic data storage media through a project grant from the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The two-year project, to be administered by NIST, commenced in October 2002 and consists of a $2,000,000 grant to InPhase from the ATP for the development and demonstration of rewritable recording materials for holographic data storage systems that offer ultrahigh storage density and data access rates.
The ATP grant is significant in that it signals a greater commitment on the part of the U.S. government to spearhead ongoing research and development for key U.S. technologies, such as holographic data storage. InPhase is poised to become the first company to deliver commercially viable holographic products to the market. The InPhase Tapestry system has already demonstrated recording and playback of digital video.
"More new information is expected to be stored in 2002 and 2003 than in all of previous human history, according to a University of California at Berkeley study on information storage," said Lisa Dhar, vice president of media development at InPhase Technologies. "This heightens the demand for technologies that can store more electronic digital data in smaller spaces, and access it faster than ever before. Holographic technology presents a strong contender for the next generation of recording media."
At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas in April 2002, InPhase became the first company to demonstrate a working holographic video recording system. The development of rewritable media for high-capacity video files, such as HDTV programs, would provide critical technology for next-generation consumer and professional electronics products.
Earlier this year, InPhase won a contract from Rosettex Technology & Ventures Group, on behalf of the National Technology Alliance (NTA), for the development of an automated holographic media manufacturing system. The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) manages the NTA program as the Executive Agent for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The $600,000 grant marked the fourth contract that InPhase had received from the NTA, dating back to 1994, for a total of $3.5 million.
InPhase Technologies is the leading developer of holographic data storage (HDS) recording media and systems. Based in Longmont, Colorado, InPhase was founded in 2000. For more information on InPhase, please visit the company's website at www.inphase-tech.com.
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