glass storage

Microsoft Research's Project Silica has moved from laboratory curiosity to a demonstrable archival system capable of etching terabytes of data into ordinary borosilicate (Pyrex‑type) glass, promising longevity measured in ten‑thousand‑year timescales while changing several of the practical...

Microsoft Research's latest paper and demonstrations make a bold promise: a laser-etched glass archival system that can store terabytes of data in a coaster‑sized plate and survive for millennia—potentially 10,000 years or more—without powered maintenance. What was once a laboratory curiosity...