Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft has etched palm-sized slabs of ordinary glass into data “books” capable of storing 4.8 terabytes — the equivalent of roughly 2M books or 200 4K movieswww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft has etched palm-sized slabs of ordinary glass into data “books” capable of storing 4.8 terabytes — the equivalent of roughly 2M books or 200 4K movieswww.nature.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·2 months agoOh, look, it’s the latest mass storage tech that will never be commercially produced!
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoReminds me a bit of this older “breakthrough” https://petapixel.com/2021/11/01/new-5d-disc-storage-can-store-500tb-of-data-for-13-billion-years/
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months ago“Holographic Storage” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Data_Storage_System
minus-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe Microsoft Team cites Yuhao Lei, the researcher behind your article, 3 times - regarding the techniques of writing in different types of silica incl. polarization. So yes, it’s the continuation of the breakthrough.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s for archival of data that needs to be stored for thousands of years, not for consumer use.
Oh, look, it’s the latest mass storage tech that will never be commercially produced!
Reminds me a bit of this older “breakthrough” https://petapixel.com/2021/11/01/new-5d-disc-storage-can-store-500tb-of-data-for-13-billion-years/
“Holographic Storage” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Data_Storage_System
The Microsoft Team cites Yuhao Lei, the researcher behind your article, 3 times - regarding the techniques of writing in different types of silica incl. polarization. So yes, it’s the continuation of the breakthrough.
It’s for archival of data that needs to be stored for thousands of years, not for consumer use.