L4sBotOct 25, 2023

Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years

https://lemmy.world/post/7311097

Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years - Lemmy.World

Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

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“Project Silica’s goal is to write data in a piece of glass and store it on a shelf until it is needed. Once written, the data inside the glass is impossible to change.”

Very important note here.

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So it’s great for archival storage. This is exactly the type of thing I’m interested in if it was cheap enough.
Oct 25, 2023 at 3:43pmWeb