[HN Gopher] Terabytes Encoded Within a Millimeter-Sized Crystal
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       Terabytes Encoded Within a Millimeter-Sized Crystal
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2025-02-14 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago)
        
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       | karmakaze wrote:
       | Original title "Immense Data Storage: Envisioning Terabytes
       | Encoded Within a Millimeter-Sized Crystal"
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       | Nowhere in the story does it actually say they encoded 1 TB of
       | data. It's only referring to the implied potential density.
        
         | allears wrote:
         | It also doesn't mention how the data is read back, or the
         | read/write speed. This seems to be a lab phenomenon and a
         | hyped-up article.
        
       | fxtentacle wrote:
       | "Envisioning Terabytes Encoded Within a Millimeter-Sized Crystal"
       | because, so far, they have only shown that you can charge and
       | measure a crystal structure with light. What they did not,
       | however, provide any measurements on, is if the resulting excited
       | crystal state is stable and for how long. But that would have
       | been, in my opinion, the key differentiator how this could be
       | more useful than phosphorescence, which is also optical charging
       | and can be measured optically, but is always only temporary.
        
       | nonrandomstring wrote:
       | Hype maybe, but roads seem clear ahead for a step change
       | revolution in storage, and I personally think that's much more
       | exciting than "AI". I mean, what if you really can put the
       | Internet and more onto a crystal micro SD card for pennies a
       | shot?
        
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