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fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Microsoft's latest storage tech etches data into Pyrex glass

Borosilicate glass plates can store terabytes of voxel-encoded data using femtosecond lasers, offering durable archival storage with faster writes and simpler read hardware.
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fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Project Silica encodes multi-bit voxels in glass using laser-induced birefringence or refractive-index changes, read via phase-contrast microscopy for dense, long-term optical storage.
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