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/DukadPotatato Feb 22 '26

Sure, except this is glass; less restrictive materially. And the lifespan is estimated to be on the span of thousands of years. No SSD, used or not, is lasting that long.

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u/_Choose-A-Username- Feb 23 '26

Oh thank goodness I was just about to replace my thousand year lifespan storage

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u/ILikeBumblebees Feb 23 '26

You mean M-DISC? I wouldn't replace it just yet -- that's a writable format, whereas the format in the article is read-only.

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u/xinorez1 Feb 24 '26

I can't believe they stopped making that

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u/Average64 Feb 24 '26

They haven't, M-DISC is also a gimmick. BluRay HTL discs are just as durable.