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SPhotonix 5D memory crystal: cold storage lasts 14B years (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's probably longer than I need.

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    • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Like Verbatim's 100 year Azzo DVD media that failed in 10 years?

    Or 1000 year CD's that failed in 3 because a manufacturing defect that let moisture into the metal layer?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago

    The piece about ~14 billion years is clearly a marketing deception.

    That being said, this looks like a completely different technology to CD/DVDs, one that will be deployed in an enterprise environment and likely have certain mandatory performance requirements.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The data is laser etched into fused silica. It will not degrade like CDs or DVDs. It will hold its data until something damages the disk.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago*

    Yeah and mass manufactured CD's are physically stamped into aluminum and then covered in polycarbonate.

    In 20 years some new type of degradation might be observed and people will say, "Oh yeah, we didn't think of that."

    For example the etching could start micro fractures from repeated heating and cooling that happens over the long term.

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    • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Kazansky estimates that the initial cost of the read device will be about $6,000 and the initial cost of the write device will be about $30,000.

    Suspiciously unmentioned: the cost of the media itself.

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Consumer device & price point or it’s just billionaire wankery.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Ahh, we're finally approaching the data crystal era.

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