Project Title:

Application of High-Performance Digital Video to Computer Storage

06.06-2985
NAS2-13164
Application of High-Performance Digital Video to
	Computer Storage
Demografx
	10720 Hepburn Circle
	Culver City, CA 90232
		Gary Demos
(213-837-2985)

Abstract:

	This project adapts ways to utilize high-performance digital television equipment
for high-performance storage of digital information. This equipment allows data transfer
rates of between 10 Megabytes/second and 120 Megabytes/second. Storage in RAM is
available up to a few Gigabytes. Storage on disk systems is available up to 5 Gigabytes.
Storage on magnetic tape is available up to 100 Gigabytes per reel or cassette. Phase
I of this project will develop designs for hardware interfaces to this equipment
and algorithms for software to support data coding and error correction. Phase I
will also produce a system architecture design for using this equipment in several
useful computer system configurations. The hardware interfaces would be designed
for VME and Ultrabus backplanes.

Potential Commercial Application:

Potential Commercial Applications: The results of this project could provide high
data-transfer rate, high-volume, secondary data storage for supercomputers.