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FMD storage technology, created by Constellation 3D, is a major removable storage breakthrough. Its applications are virtually limitless and are certainly not limited to computers. I have very little doubt that FMD will join the ranks of current removable storage acronyms such as CD-R, DVD, DVD-RAM, and CD-RW.
^ blol bold prediction in 2000 what
The reason why we don't see FMD media around is quite simple - the company has gone under. Their domain is for sale, and no-one has heard boo from these guys in a while.
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However, IBM decided that there were too many difficulties in producing a 6 layer disc and scrapped the project.
Or that.
1. First off, they are not compatible with current CDs and DVDs - the lens detects wavelengths of 680nm, not the 650nm of "red" lasers that are in CD players.
2. The filter that the technology uses is not part of the disc - it sits between the media and the lens.
3. The designers weren't even sure of the best way to write to these discs. I found another article which describes in more detail the concept of fluorescent multilayer media, and it sounds like there is no way to make a rewriteable FMD at all, let alone a definite way to write to the discs.
Digit-Life.comThis article was written a while ago (pre-2000), and they too speak of FMDs being a major rival to DVDs