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QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution

www.tomshardware.com

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Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution

www.tomshardware.com

QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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7 TB glass storage media is now faster to write and "could last 10,000 years."
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    It would be prescient for movies shot before 1996.

    The concept is to store data optically in non-photosensitive transparent materials such as fused quartz, which has high chemical stability. Recording data using a femtosecond-laser was first proposed and demonstrated in 1996.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage

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