InPhase Technologies

InPhase Technologies is a technology company developing holographic storage devices and media. InPhase was spun out from Bell Labs in 2000. Their technology eventually promises terabyte storage. In May 2008^[1] the company was due to release their first reader, tapestry 300r, offering a storage capacity of 300 GB, with transfer rates of 20 MB/s in read write mode. However, the product was not released by this target date, marking the third time the company failed to release the reader on-time after previously setting release dates of late 2006, and then February 2007.^[2] As a result of these delays, InPhase was forced to cut a number of its workforce; currently there is no release date for the drive visible.^[2]

Future models are promised to reach 120 MB/s with capacities of 1.6 TB^[3]

InPhase Technologies currently holds the record for "highest commercial data storage" by achieving 515 Gbit per square inch.^[4] of media. Most recently the company broke the 1 terabyte benchmark.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2008, InPhase Technologies was granted a joint patent with video game company Nintendo for a flexure-based scanner for angle-based multiplexing in a holographic storage system.^[5]

InPhase Technologies Group Inc.

InPhase shares its company name with a chiropractic practice management software company located in Rome, Georgia.^[6]

References

1. ^ Holografischer Speicher vor der Markteinführung (German language). Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
2. ^ ^{a b} Austin Modine (2008-06-05). "Holographic storage kingpin turns staff and product into an illusion". http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/05/inphase_layoffs/. 
3. ^ [1].^{[citation needed]}
4. ^ Holographic advance aids storage
5. ^ US patent 7336409, "Miniature flexure based scanners for angle multiplexing", granted 2008-02-26 , assigned to InPhase Technologies and Nintendo,. 
6. ^ www.inphasetech.com

See also

• Holographic Versatile Disc -- A competitive format

External links

• InPhase Web site

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