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The Glass That Never Dies (And Microsoft Is Terrified)
Microsoft is betting $500M that hard drives are dead. Right now, we are facing a "Digital Dark Age." Our global history, financial systems, and AI models are stored on hardware designed to fail in less than a decade. But inside a lab in the UK, a breakthrough in 5D Optical Data Storage has created a "Memory Crystal" that can outlive the universe itself.
Article Link:- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/sphotonix-pushes-5d-glass-storage-toward-data-center-pilots
In this deep dive on Quantum Silk Route, we explore the infrastructure, physics, and bottlenecks of the world’s most durable storage: Fused Silica Glass.
While a tiny startup called SPhotonix (Phononx) races to commercialize 360TB glass discs, Microsoft’s Project Silica is building massive robotic hives to house our eternal archives. This isn't just a storage upgrade—it's a total reimagining of how humanity preserves knowledge for 13.8 billion years.
In this video, we cover:
• Why HDD and Magnetic Tape are failing the Zettabyte era.
• The physics of Femtosecond lasers and Voxels.
• Microsoft Project Silica vs. SPhotonix: The billion-dollar rivalry.
• The "Hard Truth" about write speeds and the cold storage bottleneck.
• Why Sustainability is the secret driver of this glass revolution.
If you care about long-horizon technology and the hardware that decides what actually scales—subscribe to Quantum Silk Route.
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