long term storage

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Discussions tagged with long term storage on WindowsForum.com focus on Microsoft Research's Project Silica, which stores terabytes of archived data on glass platters using femtosecond-laser writing and machine-learning decoding. The technology targets media lifetimes exceeding 10,000 years, offering a durable alternative for archival storage. Topics cover the optical engineering, system demonstration published in Nature, and implications for future data preservation. No other storage methods or Windows-specific software are discussed under this tag.
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    Project Silica: Terabyte Glass Storage for 10,000-Year Archives

    Microsoft Research’s latest step in Project Silica — published as a full-system demonstration in Nature — is a serious piece of optical-engineering work: researchers have shown repeatable femtosecond-laser writing and machine‑learning decoding that can put terabytes of archived data into a 120...
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