Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-down10
arrow-up154arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·3 days agoOh, look, it’s the latest mass storage tech that will never be commercially produced!
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days 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-squareWildmimic@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days 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-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days ago“Holographic Storage” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Data_Storage_System
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days 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/
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.
“Holographic Storage” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Data_Storage_System
It’s for archival of data that needs to be stored for thousands of years, not for consumer use.