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| | HDSS - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | In late 1995 a joint university/industry/government consortium initiated the Holographic Data Storage System (HDSS) programme, with the initial goals of developing several key components for the system, including a high-capacity, high-bandwidth spatial light modulator used for data input; optimised sensor arrays for data output; and a high-power red-light, semiconductor laser. |
 | | At the same time, the HDSS researchers were to explore issues relating to the optical systems architecture (such as multiplexing schemes and access modes), data encoding/decoding methods, signal processing techniques, and the requirements of target applications. |
 | | Into the programme's final year, progress has been such that consortium member - IBM Research Division - believes that holograms could hold the key to high-capacity data storage in the next millennium. |
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