☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 days ago5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass discwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-link5D glass storage 'memory crystals' promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience — crams 360 terabytes into 5-inch glass discwww.tomshardware.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoM-Discs are DVDs and Blurays with a less volatile chemical composition, like rock. It takes a stronger laser to etch them, so an M-Disc-capable burner is required, but they claim to last one thousand years (in favorable conditions like a dry cave)
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIt sounds like somewhat different tech then.
minus-squareIldsaye [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoSure, but you were talking about media that last as long as paper, so I thought it deserved a mention.
M-Discs are DVDs and Blurays with a less volatile chemical composition, like rock. It takes a stronger laser to etch them, so an M-Disc-capable burner is required, but they claim to last one thousand years (in favorable conditions like a dry cave)
It sounds like somewhat different tech then.
Sure, but you were talking about media that last as long as paper, so I thought it deserved a mention.
yeah fair