"Forbes selected the TeraDisc as one of the 2008 Great
Gadget Expectations"  |
"500-gigabyte DVD TeraDisc from MempileHD DVDs and Blu-Ray discs max out at 50 gigabytes of storage, but Israeli company Mempile plans to eventually sell a storage format called TeraDisc that holds half a terabyte, or 500 gigabytes of data--about 20 high-definition movies." more |
A Technology Story: A Terabyte Optical Drive |
"I met the people behind
Mempile
, a technology development effort aimed at creating a terabyte optical
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Plexiglas-like
DVD to hold 1TB of data
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"With 1TB capacity, a TeraDisc could hold up to 250,000 high-resolution photos or MP3s, or about 40 HD movies or 115 DVD movies. While that may seem like an unnecessary amount of capacity for anything but the largest professional needs" more |
Interview at Storage Visions 2008 |
Click on the appropriate Play button to hear an interview with Beth Erez of Mempile
more |
Could 1TB Optical Disks Be in Your Future?  |
Mempile, an Israeli company, produces a special (and secret) type of all-plastic disc that forgoes the layer of aluminum in the center that we've become accustomed to. more |
Follow Up - Mempile Answers your Questions  |
"Due to the overwhelming worldwide reaction to TFOT's "Mempile - Terabyte on a CD" article and the numerous questions posted both here and on many other websites the company decided to grant us an additional Q&A published here for the first time and answering some of the questions raised by the readers." more |
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Mempile - Terabyte on a CD |
"Revolutionary new optical-storage technology currently under development will allow the equivalent of 250,000 high-quality MP3s or more than 115 DVD-quality movies and about 40 HD movies on a single CD-size medium." more |
Storage start-up fits 250 hours of HD content on one disc  |
"The TeraDisc looks like a regular CD, except it's chartreuse and see-through. Mempile says its disc will start off able to store 600GB to 700GB and in a year will be able to write 1TB worth of data." more |
Terabyte on a CD  |
"Next-generation optical storage has the potential to hold 20 times more data than existing technologies can." more |
Scientists pack terabytes onto DVDs 
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"Mempile has developed a prototype storage device which uses a DVD-like disc capable of eventually storing up to 1 Terabyte worth of data in a semi-transparent disc. "
more
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Mempile TeraDisc Boasts 1TB of Storage  |
" The technology isn’t expected to hit the consumer market until 2010, but the thought of recording 1TB on one disc is pretty amazing --- what I learned left me wishing I didn’t have to wait till 2010." more |
Mempile sets sights on 1TB optical storage 
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"Existing optical disks can only store data on a limited number of defined layers because they rely on light reflection through semi-transparent media. In contrast, TeraDisc exploits nonlinear two-photon technology to enable 3D recording of data in transparent virtual layers throughout the disk's volume." more |
Mempile Squeezes 300 GB onto One Disc 
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"It may seem premature to start looking at the next generation of optical video disc technology, as the high-definition DVD era is just shy of its first birthady and sales are just starting to pick up speed . But an Israeli company named Mempile forced the issue..." more |
The Terabyte Storage Disc is On the Way 
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"When the product is released
in 12 to 18 months, it will
have 500GB of storage space --
about ten times what is held by a Blu-ray disc.."
more
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Mempile shows off "
TeraDisc" DVD-sized
optical storage 
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"Mempile's upcoming TeraDisc technology deserves no scoffing, with its 100 virtual layers for storage at a "fraction of the price" of other storage solutions on the market.."
more
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Exclusive Interview: Mempile Promises 1TB TeraDisc 
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"Mempile is taking the wraps off its TeraDisc™ technology today, heralding the news that it is now capable of storing up to one TeraByte (1000 GB) of data on a single, DVD- sized optical disc." more |
Mempile promises 1TB disk
Mempile’s TeraDiscs targeted at enterprise archiving application 
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"A start-up based in Israel is appearing on the radar. Mempile makes 1TB disks called TeraDiscs and is
targeting enterprise archiving applications."
more
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Who Needs Blu-ray? Mempile Wants To Put A Terabyte Of Data On A
100-Layer DVD Disk 
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"The 35-person startup has been working for six years on a technology that allows it to layer lots of transparent sectors for storing data into a standard DVD format. In doing so, the company claims it will be able to store anywhere from 500 gigabytes, or half a terabyte, to a terabyte." more |
3D Optical Storage- Is it Real ? 
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"Mempile is developing a new storage technology that works by focusing a laser at multiple depths from the disc surface. Working with partners, they have developed a disc that can be written and read throughout its complete depth and recently demonstrated the capability to address 100 unique layers." more |
Mempile's Little Green
(OK, Yellow) Discs  |
"Mempile is developing "TeraDisc," a platform, as the name suggests, that will eventually be able to store up to 1 Tbyte of data by recording and reading over 100 "virtual" layers within a disc the size of a traditional DVD" more |
Mempile Promises 1 TB Optical Discs  |
"
Israeli storage developer Mempile has demonstrated read and record 300 GB using over 100 virtual
layers
on a DVD-sized optical disc - and 1 TB discs
the offing."
more
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Terabyte optical
disc relies on
two-photon process
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"Using two-photon optics and a variation of polymethylmethacrylate called ePMMA (with a natural yellow color), scientists at Mempile (Neve Ilan, Israel) have developed a removable optical storage technology that can hold 1 terabyte of information on a single inexpensive “TeraDisc.” more |
The Terabyte Storage Disc is On
the
Way  |
" The product, known by the brand name TeraDisc, will be capable of hosting up to 250 hours of programming. When the product is released in 12 to 18 months, it will have 500GB of storage space -- about ten times what is held by a Blu-ray disc -- and Mempile expects to expand to a full terabyte about a year later ." more |
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HD DVD post-mortem: why did Toshiba fail?  |
"Other technologies are quickly eroding Blu-ray’s capacity advantage. Mempile's 1 TB optical disk is well on its way. Only by persuading consumers to watch even higher defininition video will retailers be able to fend off downloaded rentals." more |
