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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I've seen this particular revolutionary technology come by about once a year for the past two decades or so, so let's say I'm not holding my breath and I will toss this one on the large pile of "bullshit tech articles"

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If it is so easy to write to, seems it would be equally easy to erase

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[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ridulan crystal v0.01

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Would be cool as a backup medium. Unload a bunch of warez from my main disks, store on this read-only medium taking up very little space, providing a huge collection to my media server.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

So, you're telling me magnetic taps is not our real end solution? I'm not buying your new fancy ideas.

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not if I have anything to do with it

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