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Holographic

Memory

Presented By:
S.Anwar Hussain
Why we use?
Ø Cpu can perform an instruction execution every
nanosecond, which is six orders of magnitude faster
than a single magnetic disk access.
Ø Much research has gone into finding hardware and
software solutions to closing the time Gap between
CPUs and data storage. Some of these advances
Include cache, pipelining, optimizing compilers, and
RAM
Ø Holographic memory is a promising technology for data
storage because it is a true three dimensional storage
system
ØIn Holographic Memory data can be
accessed an entire page at a time
instead of sequentially, and there are
very few moving parts so that the
limitations of mechanical motion are
minimized.
ØHolographic memory uses a
photosensitive material to record
interference patterns of a reference
beam and a signal beam of coherent
light
Ø
ØThe nature of the photosensitive material is such that the
recorded interference pattern can be reproduced by
applying a beam of light to the material that is identical to
the reference beam.
How it works?

Ø A holographic data storage system consists of a


recording medium, an optical recording
system, and a photo detector array.
Ø A beam of coherent light is split into a reference
beam and a signal beam which are used to
record a hologram into the recording medium
Ø The recording medium is usually a
photorefractive crystal that has certain optical
characteristics.
ØThese characteristics are high diffraction efficiency, high
resolution, permanent storage until erasure, and fast
erasure on the application of external stimulus such as
UV light.

ØTo retrieve the stored


hologram, a beam of light that
has the same wavelength and
angle of incidence as the
reference beam is sent into
the crystal and the resulting
diffraction pattern is used to reconstruct the pattern of the
signal beam
HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY vs.
EXISTING MEMORY TECHNOLOGY
:
Storage Access Data Transfer Storage
medium Time Rate Capacity

Holographic 2.4 µ secs 10 GB/s 400


Memory Mbits/cm2

Main Memory 10 – 40 ns 5 MB/s 4.0 Mbits/cm2


(RAM)
Magnetic Disk 8.3 ms 5 – 20 MB/s 100
Mbits/cm2
Advantages
Ø Personal computer with a holographic
technology platform (HoloPCs) will be able to
access data more rapidly and in a qualitatively
different manner than conventional PCs.
Ø Two-dimensional data saving systems such as
CDs and DVDs record and retrieve files in a
serial fashion -- one bit at a time. Holographic
data systems retain and retrieve data in
parallel, a total (million- bit) page of files at a
time.
ØThe data can be corrupted to a certain level before
information is lost so this is a very safe method of
data storage

ØSince light is used to retrieve data


and there are no moving parts in the
detector array, data access time is on
the order of 10 ms

ØData transfer rate approaches 1.0 GB/sec


ØIt can store data up to 1Tb in a sugar cube sized
crystal
ØStored data is redundant because of the nature of
the interference pattern between the reference and
signal beams that is imprinted into the holographic
medium
ØSince the interference pattern
is a plane wave front, the stored
pattern is propagated
throughout the entire volume of
the holographic medium,
repeating at intervals.

ØIt can store data up to 1Tb in a sugar cube sized


crystal
:CONCLUSION:
Ø The future of holographic memory is very
promising
Ø The page access of data that holographic
memory creates will provide a window into
next generation computing by adding another
dimension to stored data
Ø Holographic memory will most likely be used in
next generation super computers where cost
is not as much of an issue
ØThe parallel nature of holographic memory has many
potential gains on serial storage methods.
Ø

ØData from more than 1000 CDs can fit into a


holographic memory System.
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