UK-based startup SPhotonix was formed in 2024 to commercialize what's known as 5D optical data storage, often referred to as "memory crystals." Essentially, the technique encodes ...

SPhotoix moves its 5D Memory Crystal cold storage tech closer to deployment in data centers After decades of research and ...

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A method of storing data within fused silica glass encodes in five dimensional space and should last up to 13.8 billion years ...

SPhotonix is working towards commercializing its 5D optical "memory crystal" technology that uses lasers to write nanoscale data into durable fused‑silica glass. One 5‑inch disc can hold 360TB. The ...

The relentless rise of AI is forcing a profound rethink of storage architectures. In a world where every watt matters, solid ...

Think of valet parking your sports car and you've started to envision the risks of cloud-based data storage. It goes somewhere in the parking facility, hopefully labeled and stored correctly. You ...

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Planet Earth ans Sunrise. Earth View from Space in a star field showing the terrain and clouds. Elements of this image are furnished by NASA. Some interesting storage developments in this piece, ...

For the past few years, cloud-based storage has oscillated somewhere between a replacement strategy for existing back-up storage solutions (i.e. tape) and a typically inexpensive but complex real-time ...

Aside from email, one of the most known and widely used “cloud” services is data storage. As I continue my 30 Days With the Cloud journey, I have a wide choice of online storage options to choose from ...

Luis Ceze works for University of Washington and consults for Microsoft Research. He receives funding from Microsoft, NSF and DARPA. Karin Strauss works for Microsoft Research and is an affiliate ...