You are here

LASER DISK DIGITAL BULK MEMORY (LDDBM)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8889
Amount: $685,480.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2830 Wilderness Pl - Ste F
Boulder, CO 80301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Tim Penney
 (303) 444-2851
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

IN ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR NONVOLATILE BULK MEMORY STORAGE/DATA RETRIEVAL. MAGNETIC DISK RECORDING HAS LONG BEEN THE POPULAR LOW COST METHOD FOR COMMERCIAL MEMORY, HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY POOR RELIABILITY EVEN IN THE MOST BENIGN ENVIRONMENTS. A NEW TECHNOLOGY IS EMERGING THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE DISADVANTAGES OF MAGNETIC RECORDING FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY USES A LASER BEAM TO CAUSE A PHYSICAL CHANGE TO A RECORDING MEDIA AND IS REFERRED TO AS A LASER DISK OR OPTICAL DISK. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE APPLICATIONS OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY IN AVIONICS AND SPACE ENVIRONMENTS AND COMPARE THE SPECIFIC EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SIZE, WEIGHT, POWER, INPUT/OUTPUT SPEEDS. A COST AND RELIABILITY BREAKDOWN WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED. THE RESULT WILL BE A TECHNICAL PATH TO ACHIEVE A 1 GIGABYTE CAPACITY SPACE QUALIFIED DRIVE WITH HIGH RELIABILITY FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS. THIS DRIVE WILL BE BASED UPON MOUNTAIN OPTECH'S SEVERE ENVIRONMENT LAND-BASED UNIT CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

US Flag An Official Website of the United States Government