Ars TechnicaFeb 18
Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass
Femtosecond lasers etch data into a very stable medium.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/microsofts-new-10000-year-data-storage-medium-glass/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Show threadPaulFeb 18
@arstechnica Hold on...a MSFT product that does not ship with Copilot...?
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Feb 18

@plwt @arstechnica

It’s a Microsoft Research project, not a product. There are a lot of challenges to turn it into a product (not least of which is that it requires very high quality optical glass, which makes it more expensive than alternative storage systems).

[ I didn’t work on this project, the team behind it was one floor down ]

Show threadPaul

@david_chisnall @arstechnica I was tooting half in jest.

This is really awesome technology and even if it does not go anywhere, it is really valuable that people are working on projects like this.

Feb 18 at 8:31pmWeb