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| | HVD: Coming to a Storage Device Near You |
 | | And unlike optical discs, which record one data bit at a time, HVDs allow over 10KB of data to be written and read in parallel with a single flash of lightand the recording and reading processes do not require spinning media, according to the organization. |
 | | HVDs also could solve the problem created by the vast amounts of real estate that removable archiving media consume, said Brian Babineau, an analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group of Milford, Mass. |
 | | In the meantime, HVD vendors' best chance for overtaking high-capacity disk drives and tape is to start educating the potential customer base even as they work to get their products to market, Babineau said. |
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