China Achieves Mass Production Breakthrough with 360TB Glass Hard Drives Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) have achieved small-scale mass production of glass-based hard drives, a breakthrough that could transform enterprise cold data storage. Each glass disc can store a staggering 360 terabytes of data across 400 stacked layers, using laser "carving" technology that writes data into the internal structure of the glass medium.
  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, I’ve heard that and I’ve seen pictures of examples, dunno. Personally, anything beyond a century is irrelevant anyway.

    • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      The window panes were cut from irregular sheets, and they were simply installed with the thicker part at the bottom, for structural integrity.

      It was a manufacturing quirk.