project silica

Project Silica is a Microsoft Research initiative that stores digital data in glass using femtosecond lasers. The system writes terabytes of information into a durable glass platter, with a projected media lifetime exceeding 10,000 years. Recent work, published in Nature, demonstrates repeatable laser writing and machine-learning decoding for reliable archival storage. This tag covers discussions about the technology, its optical engineering, and its potential for long-term data preservation.