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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years (unlocked.microsoft.com)
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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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[–] crawley@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it's that type of "durable." I think they mean you can read from it forever without having to rewrite the data, which currently isn't true of platter and solid state storage. This isn't screen technology, though, it's storage technology, so I'm not sure the comparison is useful.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they were talking about making the screen also a storage device but yeah doesn't seem possible with this tech at least.

[–] crawley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good point, maybe. But yeah, this isn't rewritable media, this is archival data storage.