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Microsoft Research's Silica demonstrates writing data into ordinary glass using ultrafast femtosecond laser pulses, creating voxel-based 5D memory with densities up to 1.59 gigabits per cubic millimetre and a palm-sized block capable of storing about two million books, with data lifetimes exceeding 10,000 years.
Microsoft researchers have demonstrated embedding about 4.8 TB of data into ordinary borosilicate glass using laser-written voxels, with data longevity exceeding 10,000 years. The work, part of Project Silica, uses birefringent and phase-voxel techniques to write/read data, significantly improving archival storage prospects, though writing speeds are far slower than hard drives or SSDs and cost/media availability remain barriers to commercialization.