5D optical storage may end up replacing tape storage for long-term data archiving When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using optical ...

Forward-looking: Modern data storage has a short lifespan. Hard drives fail, SSDs wear out, and even magnetic tape needs periodic rewriting to avoid degradation. Now, an ambitious technology is aiming ...

Researchers have figured out how to write data to glass so that the data will survive for billions of years, paving the way for super powerful optical storage devices iStock Optical scientists from ...

Hard drives and flash storage have gotten more reliable over the years, but only on a human timescale. What if we need data storage that lasts longer? Decades? Millennia? The key to that might be 5D ...

NEWARK, Del., Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SPhotonix, a fast growing deep tech start-up, has announced the successful completion of their over-subscribed $4.5 million pre-seed round led by Creator ...

In 2014, 5D memory crystal technology set a Guinness World Record for being the most durable data storage material – a title that it still holds. Scientists are now exploring how 5D memory crystals, ...

Data in 5D Optical Memory is intended to last for millennia. The US company SPhotonix is thus competing against rivals such as Cerabyte and Microsoft. Can data be stored for millennia? The 5D Optical ...

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