Posted by Ian on June 27th, 2007 at 4:42 PM CST

Call/Recall has unveiled a new multi-terabyte optical storage technology. According to their press release, 2-photon 3D technology will enable development of 5-10 TB disk drives with 100-500Mb/second transfer rates.

Call/Recall Inc., a pioneer in affordable, ultra-high-capacity optical disk storage, today announced availability of licensing for its patented 2-photon recorded 3D optical storage technology that can provide 40 times the capacity of Blu-ray and over 200 times the capacity of DVD optical storage technology. Call/Recall's innovative optical storage technology is based on the work of company co- founder, Dr. Peter Rentzepis. A former head of Bell Laboratories, Rentzepis is a world-renowned scientist who authored approximately 85 patents; his innovations are referenced as prior art by 45 of the world's top optical technology providers, including IBM, Panasonic and Hitachi.

Call/Recall is recording a 1TB disk and has established a product roadmap delivering solutions capable of storing multiple terabytes of information per disk. The versatile 2-photon 3D technology can be applied to solutions such as a 100+ terabyte optical library using DVD-size disk for enterprise data storage, or a 1-inch diameter 50 GB disk for consumer electronics devices such as cell phones, portable media players, and game systems. Using the Call/Recall technology, manufacturers of consumer electronics devices as well as large-scale enterprise and government customers can store and manage more data in less space while reducing cost and improving overall I/O performance.

While Call/Recall's 2-photon 3D technology sounds impressive, it will ultimately come down to cost. Hopefully, by using commercially available, off-the-shelf components, they'll be able to offer it at an affordable price. If you'd like to read more, Call/Recall's entire press release can be found here.