NISKAYUNA, New York – GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced another major breakthrough in the development of next generation optical storage technology. GE’s research team has successfully demonstrated a micro-holographic material that can support data recording at the same speed as Blu-ray discs.

This result builds upon the April 2009 demonstration of a threshold micro-holographic storage material that can support 500 gigabytes of storage capacity in a standard DVD-size disc.

• Higher recording speed paving the way to commercializing GE's technology

• GE’s micro-holographic material can support on one disc the same storage capacity as 20 standard Blu-ray discs

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