Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前SPhotonix 5D memory crystal: cold storage lasts 14B yearswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-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.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前message-square12linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 个月前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.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 个月前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.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 个月前Until 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.