Microsoft's new 10k-year data storage medium: glass
5 days ago
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- Archival storage requires dense, stable media that ideally consumes no energy when not accessed.
- Glass is considered for storage due to its stability and ease of feature creation.
- Microsoft Research's Project Silica demonstrates glass-based storage with over a Gigabit per cubic millimeter density.
- Glass is thermally and chemically stable, resistant to moisture, temperature changes, and electromagnetic interference.
- Data is written into glass using femtosecond lasers, which allow fast writing and high data density.