The Holographic Versatile Card (HVC) was a proposed
data storage
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format
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by Optware; the projected date for a
Japan
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ese launch had been the first half of 2007, pending finalization of the specification, however as of January 2025, nothing has yet surfaced.This issue may be related to the bankrupt of certain entities once responsible for the development and investigation for both HVD & HVC back in 2010(see HVD page). One of its main advantages compared with
Holographic_Versatile_Disc
The Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology that was expected to store up to several terabytes of data on an optical disc 10 cm or 12 cm in diameter. Its development commenced in April 2004. The technology was ...
and other sorts of disks was supposed to be the lack of moving parts when played. They claimed it would hold about 30~150
GB of data, with a write speed 3 times faster than
Blu-ray
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, and be approximately the size of a
credit card. Optware once claimed that at release the media would cost about
¥100 (roughly $1.20 at that time) each, that reader devices would initially cost about ¥200,000(roughly $2400) while reader/writer devices would have cost ¥1 000,000 (roughly $12000, as per exchange rate of Apr 2011) each.
See also
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
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HD DVD
HD DVD (short for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is an obsolete high-density optical disc format for storing data and playback of high-definition video.
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Holographic memory
Holographic data storage is a potential technology in the area of high-capacity data storage. While magnetic and optical data storage devices rely on individual bits being stored as distinct magnetic or optical changes on the surface of the record ...
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Holographic Versatile Disc
The Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) is an optical disc technology that was expected to store up to several terabytes of data on an optical disc 10 cm or 12 cm in diameter. Its development commenced in April 2004. The technology was ...
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Vaporware
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References
External links
コリニア方式ホログラフィーの原理と応用展開 aka Collinear Holography/Principle and ApplicationsThe Original Japanese Essay that Mentioned the HVC Concept after introducing the
Holographic_Versatile_Disc(HVD)OptwareCompany that introduced HVC format to the public.
EngadgetOld news report on the Holographic Versatile Card
News report on the Holographic Versatile Card
An Image of HVC with its own Reading Device.
Holographic data storage
Vaporware
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