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To: Tony Viola who wrote (5970)	4/24/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: JRH	Respond to of 17183

Regarding the future in data storage, this is how Siros (aka Optitek, siros.com) sees it: Data storage has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry driven by continued technical advancements in storage capacities. Densities have been improving at greater than 60% per year for the last five years. These improvements have come by continually reducing the size of the data "bit" and by packing the bits closer together on the surface of the storage media (i.e., magnetic disk, optical disk, magnetic tape, etc.). To further increase capacity, the hard drive industry has miniaturized the read/write head and stacked multiple disks, known as platters, on top of each other. Optical products have resorted to complicated multi-layer media, such as two-layer DVD. These approaches come with increased complexity, cost, and design and manufacturing challenges. Today's technologies are finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace. Siros has two technology solutions that enable dramatic improvements over today's data recording techniques. In both approaches, a majority of the components are common to existing magnetic and optical technologies, allowing significant reuse of existing industry infrastructure. Siros' three-dimensional recording (3DR) technology exploits the third dimension (depth) to store data in 'virtual' layers throughout the thickness of a homogeneous medium thereby creating volumetric capacity gains. Siros' very-small-aperture laser (VSAL) technology produces smaller data 'bits' without the need for bulky optical lenses or expensive shorter wavelength lasers thereby creating areal capacity gains. They entered into an agreement with IBM and others in 95 to develop this 3D cube that was 10 faster and could hold 12 times the current magnetic drives (of course, this was in 95). almaden.ibm.com Justin