- The holographic tape based on the starting box promises 200 TB per cartridge Lto
- Technology uses a polymer movie and a $ 5 laser to write optical voxels
- It is integrated into LTO systems without software or upstream upstream
The Startup of the United Kingdom Holomem is developing a holographic storage system aimed at replacing or complementing the LTO tape.
The company, founded by former Dyson Charlie Gale engineer, uses polymers -written tape cartridges with $ 5. 5 laser diodes. Each 100 -meter cartridge could store up to 200 TB in a writing reading format.
The cartridges coincide with the LTO dimensions and work in existing tape libraries without changes in upstream software. The units function as delivery shelves, which allows libraries to work in a hybrid configuration of LTO and Holomem.
HO1O
The idea began in Dyson, where Gale helped create a holographic label system called HO1O. It embedded multiple QR codes in a single hologram, readable from different angles or light sources.
“What we originally did in H1O for prototypes was to use a light -sensitive polymer material that ends up exposed to laser light … blocks the change of polymer and retains that image,” Gale told Gale. Blocks and files.
This concept evolved in the storage of multiple layers using similar materials.
Unlike other optical approaches that use glass or ceramics, Holomem writes data such as holographic voxels in the polymer film. The film uses a 16 microns polymer leaf of laminated thickness between layers of pets, forming a 120 microns tape.
The Holodrive prototype writes and reads holograms using a 3D printed lens and a digital micromirror device.
“We are writing pages of thousands of bits,” Gale said. The performance has not been revealed, although it is reported that it works at LTO-9 speeds. The unit uses £ 30 circuit and modified LTO mechanics.
Holomem has received £ 900,000 in innovation grants from the United Kingdom and is being associated with Techre and Qstar for field tests and integration tests. It keeps patents for the optical engine, media design and volumetric storage method.
Blocks and files Reports: “We understand that Techre will implement Holodrives prototypes within the LTO libraries in their United Kingdom data centers to prove the performance, reliability and solidity of the product. Holomem has written a device firmware so that, we understand, it is presented as a kind of LTO unit.”
Future capacity increases can occur through multichannel recording, using multiple wavelengths to layer data. Each aggregate can multiply storage without hardware change.
