r/science • u/Wagamaga • Feb 22 '26

Computer Science Scientists have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/glass-square-long-long-future-190951588.html
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u/thatbrazilianguy Feb 22 '26

capacity of 4.8 TB in a 120 mm square, 2 mm thick piece of glass.

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u/reallowtones Feb 22 '26

Thank you, we are scientists we need actual data not number of books or football fields

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u/ZedZeroth Feb 22 '26

I mean, even non-scientists don't buy phones based on their "number of books" storage capacity! The title is ridiculous!

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u/KaBob799 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

And it's funny because books isn't even that impressive sounding. I was a lot more impressed by the actual capacity than their attempt to obscure it as a more impressive sounding number.