Rekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSPhotonix 5D memory crystal: cold storage lasts 14B yearswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkSPhotonix 5D memory crystal: cold storage lasts 14B yearswww.theregister.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days agoYeah 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.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoUntil I toss it into my key basket and watch it get ground down to dust.
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.
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.
Until I toss it into my key basket and watch it get ground down to dust.