Hyper CD-ROM
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Media type | 3D Mbit/s |
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Developed by | Storex Technologies, CEO Eugen Pavel |
Dimensions | 10 mm ø 120 mm |
Usage | Data storage, video, audio |
Optical discs |
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The Hyper CD-ROM is a claimed optical data storage device similar to the CD-ROM with a multilayer 3D structure, invented by Romanian scientist Eugen Pavel.
The technology is supposedly similar to
Characteristics
The reported storage capacity of one such disk is 1 000 000
It claims to use fluorescent photosensitive material (glass enhanced with rare earth or vitroceramic enhanced with photosensitizing metals) as storage medium.
The Hyper CD-ROM technology is patented in 21 countries: the US, Canada, Japan, Israel and 17 European states.[2]
Despite its bold claims the technology has not been shown as a working prototype in the over twenty years since its announcement and there has been no commercial production.
In an interview about his work on the Hyper CD-ROM, Pavel stated that "the research for this project is 100% personal, [and] so is the support for experiments."[3]
References
- ^ "Three-dimensional optical memory with fluorescent photosensitive material". Google patent. Pavel, Eugen. 29 November 2005.
- ^ "Hyper CD-ROM: Three Dimensional Optical Memory with Fluorescent Photosensitive Glass". Archived from the original on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2006.
- ^ "cdfreaks.com's translation of a Romanian article on the Hyper CD-ROM". Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
External links
- Storex Technologies, the Company producing the disc.
- Press Release, about 1PB optical disc.