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

  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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    1 year ago

    10,000 years is kinda hard to prove without a time machine, but sounds useful for long term archival storage.

    • Jerkules_Jerkules@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      If we know that the material can go 10k years without degradation, which is something we can know, then it can last that long. Will it be practically possible to store it in a way that will allow for the maximum amount of time before the material begins to degrade? That’s a whole other thing.